19 February 2024 – Update
On 12 February 2024, the Malta Gaming Authority was formally notified that Super7plus Limited (the ‘Authorised Person’) had appealed the Authority’s decision to cancel the authorisation bearing reference number MGA/B2C/436/2017 before the Administrative Review Tribunal, pursuant to article 43(1) of the Gaming Act (Cap. 583 of the Laws of Malta) (the ‘Act’).
In light of the foregoing, and in terms of article 43 (2) of the Act, the authorisation shall be deemed suspended until the appeal is determined, with effect from 17 January 2024. The Authorised Person shall remain liable for the applicable obligations emanating from the Act and the regulatory instruments issued thereunder during the suspension’s operative period.
18 January 2024 – Cancellation of Authorisation for Super7plus Limited (C-79691)
The Malta Gaming Authority has decided to cancel the authorisation awarded to Super7plus Limited (the ‘Authorised Person’), bearing reference number MGA/B2C/436/2017, effective as of 17 January 2024.
This is being done in terms of regulations 9 (1) (c) and 10 (1) (a) of the Gaming Compliance and Enforcement Regulations (S.L. 583.06) (the ‘Regulations’).
Pursuant to the foregoing decision, the Authorised Person is hereby being directed to:
- Immediately suspend all gaming operations with immediate effect and cease to register any new players in terms of its Authorisation;
Provided that Authorised Person shall enable existing players to access their accounts for the purpose of requesting the withdrawal of their outstanding player balances; - Settle all outstanding fees that are due to the Authority within a period of five (5) days from the effective date referred to above;
- Submit to the Authority a transaction report extracted from their back-end system together with the supporting bank statements, attesting that all player funds have been duly remitted to the registered players, within a period of seven (7) days from the effective date referred to above;
Provided that the Authority shall reserve the right to request the Authorised Person to provide the necessary facilities to the Authority in order for the latter to extract and make copies of the relevant data, including but not limited to, essential regulatory data as defined in the Gaming Definitions Regulations (S.L. 583.04). - Remove, with immediate effect, any reference to the Authority and the authorisation in accordance with article 51 of the Act.
This decision is subject to appeal in terms of article 43 (1) of the Act.