Belgium Gov. Aimed Online Gambling License
April 29th, 2009 admin
About the proposal of issuing license to the online gambling operator, the Belgium government will only issue to the existing operators under the Europeans Unions Laws.
The draft legislation to license and regulate internet gambling has been brought to the attention of both the government’s judicial branch, the Conseil d’État, and to the European Commission, which was announced by the Belgium government’s gambling minister, Carl Devlies.
The operators gambling halls, casinos and sports betting who are already doing business in Belgium are now can increase their business into internet for the first time.
Brussels attorney Perrine Pelletier to Gambling Submission said,
This close link between online and offline licences presents quite a problem with regards EU law, and also in terms of market realities in the gambling sector. We question whether the requirement to have a physical presence in Belgium constitutes a restriction on the freedom of establishment guaranteed by European law.
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November 29th, 2009 at 1:30 pm Benji Says:
It really sucks that all these countries are banning online gaming… let us gamble!!!
December 9th, 2009 at 6:30 am MarJ Says:
Even though we are supposed to be within a single market where all EU consumers should have the right to choose their services provider, the truth is different in several economic sectors, the gambling one, amongst them.
The article refers to Belgium, but if we look at other countries: Poland has been making noise about banning online gambling outright, before it was Sweden staunchly defending its national monopoly… And the list could go on…
Taking into account that national governments are mostly interested in their national interests and inflate the state budget, rather than in consumers choices, consumers are gathering and developing initiatives such as Right2bet aimed at guaranteeing the right of consumers to decide which betting operator they want regardless of the country where they are based on. If you also believe in a truly open single European market, go to right2bet and sign the petition that will be presented to the European authorities.