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www.euroslot-online.com LEGISLATION
sets of issues: one on which further co-operation and exchange of lobby for further regulatory guidance from the government. (Source:
information among the MS is necessary; and another on which a common GamblingCompliance.com)
approach at EU level is recommended. (Source: Euromat)
RUSSIA
FRANCE
Proposals to delay the implementation of Russia’s draconian
Shares in French casino operator Partouche tumbled after the
federal gaming law look unlikely to receive a sympathetic
company admitted that revenue declines accelerated in the
hearing following comments made last week by Russian Prime Minister
fourth quarter as Partouche’s 54 casinos in France continued to suffer from
Vladimir Putin in a remarkable public question and answer session. (Source:
the dual impact of a public smoking ban and the economic downturn.
GamblingCompliance.com)
(Source: GamblingCompliance.com)
SPAIN
GERMANY
The president of Spain’s charity lottery ONCE has revealed
Children younger than 14 are to be forbidden from
that the institution met with the Spanish Government to push
participating in television and radio competitions under new
for the opportunity to offer a bumper Christmas jackpot alongside state-
rules agreed by broadcasting authorities in Germany last week. TV
owned operator LAE. ONCE is hoping to gain approval for the festive draw in
advertising of gambling products was banned by German legislation that took
order to offset declining revenues from its other lottery games. (Source:
effect earlier this year. (Source: GamblingCompliance.com)
GamblingCompliance.com)
IRELAND SPAIN
Irish bookmakers have won two major concessions from The news that Madrid passed new regulatory laws in
finance minister Brian Lenihan in the wake of his October December 2006 is of considerable interest to parties looking
budget, which doubled the rate of betting duty. (Source: to expand their operations in Spain, especially to those in the online sector.
GamblingCompliance.com) Madrid has already issued 4 licences authorizing the opening of betting shops
within the Community, where players will be allowed to place bets on any
ISLE OF MAN
kind of event, including sports. According to the latest Ministry of Interior
gaming report, in 2007 Madrid had the highest gaming turnover in all Spain.
The Isle of Man is a highly regulated gaming jurisdiction with
Madrid is on the verge of enacting a new slot machine regulation. (Source:
a world class online gaming sector, a casino, betting offices,
GamblingCompliance.com)
controlled machines, and lotteries. The government has recently released a
consultation document which proposes to make the regulator a Statutory
Board along with a number of other changes, including giving the regulator
SWEDEN
the authority to issue regulations giving protection to players' funds. (Source:
Sweden’s Ministry of Finance will unveil its much anticipated
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proposal for a new lottery law today at a presentation in
Stockholm. Jan Nyren, a lawyer for the police authority and the man charged
ITALY
with formulating the proposal, is expected to announce the end of Sweden’s
Even in the context of their daily parliamentary u-turns Italy’s
gambling monopoly in favour of a licensing system open to foreign operators,
politicians have excelled themselves with a new strategy
as well as the break up and sell-off of Svenska Spel. (Source:
regarding the proposed tender for 3,000 additional betting licences. (Source:
www.GamingIntelligence.com)
GamblingCompliance.com)
TURKEY
ITALY
Greek monopoly gaming operator Opap has indicated that it
A series of new blows have knocked the Italian gambling
has high hopes that a successful bid for the Turkish lottery
industry back on its heels, with slot machine operators
will kick-start the company’s expansion plans beyond Greece’s borders.
battered by increased taxes and the revived prospect of vast fines, and the
(Source: GamblingCompliance.com)
betting operators thrown into confusion over the schedule for the next round
of licence bidding. (Source: GamblingCompliance.com)
UNITED KINGDOM
The president of a leading amusement industry association
NORWAY
has implored the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to
While MPs have now finally backed plans to forcibly prohibit
double maximum stake and prize limits for gaming machines at seaside
Norwegian banks from processing financial transactions
arcades, while accusing regulatory changes brought about by the 2005
connected to offshore gaming websites, observers believe the ban will not
Gambling Act of ‘distorting’ the UK’s gaming market. (Source:
come into full effect until mid-2009, as financial institutions continue to
GamblingCompliance.com)
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