The reform was meant to give the island control of its gambling sector. Almost two years on, the licence fees move as crypto through Prague, the supervisory systems are run by a private Maltese firm, and operators can still be forced into bankruptcy under a colonial 1931 law the reform never touched — and almost none of it is under the island's control.
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