Further to the recent developments and discussion on the online gambling and gambling related activities legal framework, the Council of Ministers approved, on 26 February 2015, new gambling regulations.
(iv) Amendments to bingo legal framework aiming to follow the technological evolution, including the new way of providing the game through electronic support.
(v) Amendments to the Game Law on the rules related to the attribution of concessions. The right to provide games of chance is reserved to the State. However, the operation may be granted trough concession to private corporate entities, incorporated as public limited companies (or equivalent), with headquarters in a Member State of the European Union or in a country party to the European Economic Area Agreement bound to administrative cooperation on taxation and fraud and money laundering combating. Foreign entities must incorporate a subsidiary in Portugal. The concession for the operation of games of chance in casinos is granted through public tender or procedure with pre-qualification.