Less than 20 days after Italian authorities opened an international investigation on a number of Malta-based gambling companies accused of ties to Italy's organized crime, the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) announced that the island's gambling legislation will be considerably updated in the coming months.
Speaking to Italy's news agency Agimeg, an MGA representative explained that the agency has been working on an update of the gambling laws since 2013 and that it intends to present a number of proposals to the Parliament that will "innovate, update, and extend the power of the gambling authority.