European Gambling Industry
It was also a big week for the European gambling industry regarding de-regulation. The European online gambling advocacy group Right2bet campaign has been at the forefront of the action in Europe, protesting against the continent’s muddied and uncompetitive rules on online sports and poker casino gambling.
The big news in Europe this week has been the introduction of regulations in Poland, where the government has brought in new ruling in a response to the recent corruption allegations against government officials. The new rulings, however, merely strengthen the position of existing land based casinos - those accused of the original corruption - by eliminating any new competition online! The government has also insisted it will ban the advertising of foreign operators, despite the obvious disadvantages this creates, with several leading Polish football teams dependent on these sponsorship deals to compete in European Competition against clubs from territories with far more relaxed rules.
Hopefully, all of us advocates for legalized online poker from all across the world can come together and fight for the cause. We need to constantly be challenging our governments that won’t allow us to play online poker legally and make sure they are held accountable. It would greatly improve the poker industry.
