E.U. Adopts New Online Gambling Rules

Nov 14, 2011 Gambling Consultant

The European Union has opted to take a tougher stance on online gambling. Previously, each nation in the E.U. had a great deal of say as it concerned to the policies which governed online gambling. The new recommendations, penned by German MEP Jurgen Creutzmann, are designed to streamline those laws which would protect consumers.

The Secretary General of the EGBA, Sigrid Ligné, is in agreement with the new recommendations, “This vote constitutes a very welcome shift in the position of the European Parliament. Time is of the essence given that it is precisely now that Member States are pushing ahead and reregulating their national online gambling markets.”

“Today the Commission has received political support to initiate EU actions. But any EU level action can take years to be adopted and this cannot be a pretext for inaction against Member States that infringe EU law. As the guardian of the Treaties, the Commission must act to curb further fragmentation of the Internal Market by consistently declaring protectionist national regimes to be incompatible with EU law.”

So far, a number of countries have begun regulating their internet gambling markets. They are Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Denmark.  

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