ÚRHH warns Slovak gambling operators to register with goAML by 30 November
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Source: ÚRHH (Slovakia)
In brief
- ÚRHH says operators active before 1 June 2026 must register in goAML by 30 November 2026.
- Later entrants must register within 30 days of becoming operators.
- Registration requires FSJ approval, not just an application, and approval is not immediate.
Slovakia's gambling regulator ÚRHH has told gambling operators that a legal entity that became an operator before 1 June 2026 must register by 30 November 2026. The notice was published on 2 November 2026.
An entity that became a gambling operator after that date must register within 30 days of the day it became an operator. The registration is in the goAML information system of the Police Force, which receives and analyses reports of unusual business operations. The duty arises from an amendment to the anti-money-laundering act made by act 73/2026, in force from 1 June 2026. A gambling operator is an obliged entity regardless of the type of game, its revenue or the value of transactions.
Until the amendment took effect on 31 May 2026, obliged entities had to set up a secure communication system with the FSJ, and goAML registration was in practice tied mainly to filing a report of an unusual business operation. Under the new rules registration is a separate statutory duty. ÚRHH said that failing to meet it is an administrative offence.
ÚRHH said the act requires operators to be registered, not merely to submit an application. The FSJ approves registrations, and approval is not immediate, so the FSJ recommends applying in advance. The registration procedure and further information are available on the website of the Slovak Ministry of the Interior.