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ARGENTINA BELGIUM
A municipal judge in Buenos Aires has ordered the 888.com The Belgian Gaming Act of 1999 is likely to undergo major
website to be made inaccessible to city residents on the grounds amendments this year given that both the Senate and the House
that the web offering violates local gambling laws. The ruling follows similar of Representatives are examining new draft gaming bills, the latest of which
moves against both Bwin’s and Victor Chandler’s Argentine-facing sites last year. surfaced in late March 2009. The draft bill recently introduced by Secretary of
Source: Gambling Compliance State for Fraud Enforcement Carl Devlies would impose a duty on Belgian
internet service providers to block access by their customers to online gaming
AUSTRALIA sites which are not authorised under a new licensing regime. 
New South Wales Treasurer Eric Roozendaal has announced that Source: Gambling Compliance
following a detailed strategic review of the NSW Lotteries
business, the state government is to offer a long term exclusive licence for the BULGARIA
distribution of NSW Lottery products. Source: Gaming Intelligence According to the governor of the Bulgarian central bank, Ivan
Iskrov, Bulgaria’s inflation rate will fall from 7.8% in 2008 to
AUSTRIA 2.5% by the end of 2009, the final Maastricht criterion for joining the Eurozone.
The European Commission has brought infringement The country will then be able to enter the Exchange Rate Mechanism. Iskrov said
investigations against Austria to an end, stating that the that “The adoption of the euro is not a privilege but an obligation the country
proposed reforms of the Austrian 1989 Gaming Act (of which it received has taken”. Source: Euromat
notification in August 2008) dealt sufficiently with the accusations of
discrimination against players from outside the country. Casino operators will DENMARK
now apply the same rules of player protection to all EU citizens. An official committee has proposed that the Danish government
Source: Euromat draw up legislation to allow for land-based poker tournaments to
be held legally outside of regulated casinos. Source: Gambling Compliance
BELGIUM
Ahead of the vote on the “Integrity of Online Gambling” report in FINLAND
the European Parliament plenary, two events were hosted by Finland’s state monopoly casino operator has technology in place to
MEPs last month. MEP and Vice-President of the European Parliament, Mario launch an internet poker room and is likely to do so before the end
Mauro (EPP-ED, Italy), held a seminar on “The future of gambling in Europe”, of this year, according to local newspaper reports. Source: Gambling Compliance
bringing together MEPs, legal gaming and industry experts, including Marco Di
Benedetto from the EUROMAT Secretariat. Then, MEP Malcolm Harbour (EPP- FRANCE
ED, UK) chaired a debate entitled “Fair Play for Gambling”, calling upon the The French government has chosen to keep the full text of its
European Commission and European Court of Justice to reinvigorate their actions draft online gambling law clear of public scrutiny as it awaits EU
against national gambling monopolies. and parliamentary backing for the ambitious legislative project.
ource: Euromat Source: Gambling Compliance
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