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European nations may be following in the footsteps of the United States regarding the regulation of online gambling. Already the United States has banned money transfers from financial institutions to online casinos and poker rooms to fund cash accounts for online play even though only eleven out of fifty states has declared online gambling as illegal. Most online gambling sites have restricted access to American customers because of this and if things in Europe keep going in the same direction, online casinos and poker rooms may be in big trouble.
Recently the regulation of online gambling websites has been taken into consideration in the Netherlands. The Justice Ministry is pursuing the same type of money transfer prevention that has been established in the United States for their own citizens and has released a list of online casinos to the banks requesting that they cease and desist all business relations with the sites on the list. According to a spokeswoman for the Justice Ministry, anyone offering a casino game without governmental permission will be considered in violation of the law and partaking in an illegal practice. The Public Prosecution Service of the Netherlands has been instructed to bring any delinquencies to court in order to decide whether or not they are in violation.
April saw the denial of a request by the state-owned ‘Holland Casino’ provider to open up and operate their own online casino. Had the Dutch Parliament agreed to the request, private providers may very well have pulled their services from citizens of the country because of what they perceived as unfair competition. Already the Netherlands and Greece have received letters from the European Union to regulate their markets and open them to private gaming providers as per the free trade agreement between members.
The German government also received a letter from the European Union asking them to state their views on the current European gambling laws as it pertained to their outlook on online casinos and poker rooms. Private providers specifically asked for the German government’s view on what they considered free rendering of services and how they would provide for the missing regulations. The German government has asked for an extension of the deadline that was issued in the letter in order to deliberate a final answer.
Denmark has agreed that poker is not a game of pure luck and is now currently repealing its gambling monopoly in order to regulate the market and open it up to private providers. The Danish government has, however, made it very clear to their citizens that anyone not paying duty on their winnings will be legally prosecuted as tax evaders.
In France, the government has announced that they too will begin licensing regulations that will allow outside companies to offer their casino games in the country, although the regulations may be as stiff as those currently in effect in Germany and the Netherlands.
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The UK Gambling Commission published a draft Code of Practice for online and land- based gambling operators on Friday. The new Conditions and Codes of Practice are set to be implemented in September of next year, by which all aspects of last year’s Gambling Act will be fully in place.
The Gambling Act’s Code of Practice is designed to keep problem gambling in check, keeping underage children and people who are addicted to wagering from using land- based and online casinos, and to increase awareness of problem gambling disorders in people who gamble.
The provisions of the code apply to land and online casinos, lotteries, gaming machines, bingo clubs, and all sports betting venues, some of which will be under the jurisdiction of the Gambling Commission for the first time. Penalties for failure to comply with the Code of Practice include heavy fines and license revocation for repeat offenders.
“We will monitor all British gambling operators to make sure they comply with our rules,” Gambling Commission chairman Peter Dean said. “We have the power to fine or revoke the licenses of those who fail to do so, and to prosecute illegal gambling. We won’t hesitate to use these powers if need be.”
The proposed Code of Practice requires that all gambling operators prominently display information about where to get help for problem gambling behavior, both on gaming floors or home and log- in pages, as well as in discreet places such as casino restrooms.
In addition, gambling operators must take measures to exclude people whom they believe demonstrate problem gambling behavior, and must also allow people who believe themselves to have problems with gambling to exclude themselves in a binding fashion.
Another section of the Code of Practice mandates that online gambling operators must redesign software to prevent continuous and repetitive play in which players may not be aware of how much time or money they are spending. Likewise, land- based casino operators must also take measures to make sure that people are aware of how much time and money they are spending, and are prohibited to use alcohol as an inducement to gambling. In both land and online gaming venues, strict controls must be implemented on the speed of play of automatic games.
As in many nations around the world which permit gambling, the UK plans to emphasize their attempt to prevent anyone who is underage from gambling. Online gambling operators will be compelled to carry out random credit card checks to verify the ages of users. They will also have to make filtering software available for adult gambling fans who wish to prevent underage members of their households from gambling.
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