UK-listed online gambling operator William Hill has pulled its services from Romania.

Romanian punters lost their ability to wager via William Hill on Tuesday, after the company suspended its Romanian accounts and instructed players to submit withdrawal requests. Hills’ affiliates have been instructed to remove all banners and links connecting the site with Romania. A Hills spokesperson said the decision was prompted by “recent regulatory developments” in the country.

Romania is in the process of instituting a new online gambling framework, which had been expected to attract a number of international licensees. But the government announced last month that it would require all license applicants to first ante up back-taxes worth 20% of their winnings from Romanian punters dating back to 2009. Hills’ Romanian retreat follows similar moves by Ladbrokes this January and Bet365 last fall.

On May 28, Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis formally signed the new amendments to Government Bill 92/2014, leaving only its publication in the Official Journal for the legislation to take effect. Operators will then have until the end of 2015 to apply for licenses from the National Gambling Office.