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A hope for some euro union pressure.

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A hope for some euro union pressure.

Postby vyni » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:02 pm GMT

Pasting from an article I just read on egr:
[quote]Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for Internal Market Services, yesterday raised the possibility of a legal challenge to the US by the European Union over the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. Asked as to why the EU had not implemented a policy similar to the Act, McCreevy said: “It is probably a restrictive practice and we might take it up in another forum.â€
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Postby Eusebio » Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:18 pm GMT

Actually we are a bit afraid that this could happen to us too...

France is starting to ban all the gambling. The Bosses of Bet&win, or bwin, (the largest internetgamblingsite, dont know if you guys know it there) were put to jail, while they were in france for some buisnesstrip, because commercial its not legal there or something...

Probably you heard about EPT Deuville... they canx it, for whatever reason... i´ve heard its because they want to make the same stupidity in france as your politicians did..
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Postby JohnJohn » Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:21 pm GMT

In Europe its very different. European law and statutes protect free trade. All that is happening is that they are trying to protect their monopolies on Sports Betting. This is the issue, its not on line gaming as most have the Euro Lottery, its sports betting and that alone.

Should not get this confused with Casino's or Poker, its a very different issue in Europe, and the laws state that free trade must happen, which is why all people attempted to be arrested have been freed by the European court who overrule the local courts.
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