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Gaming legislation is constantly changing.
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and amendments affecting the industry.
AUSTRIA
involved at European Commission level discussions. At the same time
Over a thousand small-to-medium sized gaming companies
Bulgaria has initiated debate with regional regulators for a possible uniform
will go out of business should the Austrian Parliament
response to the regulation of internet gambling. (Source:
approve proposed amendments to national gambling laws to issue one single
GamblingCompliance.com)
concession to operate all gaming machines in the country, according to the
president of the Austrian Gaming Association. The draft changes would also
CROATIA
tax wagers placed with foreign-based internet gambling websites. (Source:
A boom in tourism, fuelled by the arrival in the country of
GamblingCompliance.com)
low-cost airlines Ryanair and Easyjet, has steadily increased
casino attendance in Croatia since 2006. This growth has led a number of
BELARUS
international investors to take interest in the casinos situated in Croatia's
The Government of Belarus has outlined a new gaming law
seaside resort destinations, which have come to be dubbed the "new Riviera".
that, observers believe, marks a strategic bid to attract some
In the country's capital, renovation work at the Casino Zagreb was completed
of the operators now preparing to quit the Russian Federation. (Source:
on November 25th 2008. (Source: GamblingCompliance.com)
GamblingCompliance.com)
CZECH REPUBLIC
BELGIUM
With the French EU presidency’s report on domestic gambling
The European Commission is being encouraged to intensify its
policies now circulating, France’s bureaucrats will today move
actions against Member States (MS) gaming monopolies.
to shape the next stage of discussion of their findings in Brussels. But with
Although most MS justify their monopolies as necessary to deal with problem
the Czech Republic set to assume the EU presidency in five weeks the
gambling and criminal activities, a report issued this week by the European
pressure is on to see whether the Czechs, who have expressed indifference,
Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) argues that the standards applied by
can be persuaded to tangle with the issue of gambling. (Source:
its members (mostly online betting companies) are as effective as the
GamblingCompliance.com)
national monopolies. (Source: Euromat)
FRANCE
BULGARIA
The French Presidency of the Council has distributed an
Bulgaria, one of the newest EU member states, has changed
orientation paper entitled "Legal framework and Policies for
its gambling laws to achieve further harmony with the
gambling and betting in the Member States (MS) of the European Union"
principles of the open market. The prospect of regulations being introduced
which will form the basis of a Presidency Progress Report to be presented to
to regulate online gambling has been the topic of recent debate, with Bulgaria
the EU27 MS on 1-2 December 2008. The report is expected to identify two
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