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Outlawing Online Casinos in Turkey

New legislation in Turkey could mean no online casinos, and definitely no online gaming for an Turkish citizens. Their newest law seeks to fine and possible imprison anyone offering online gambling services to Turks. But others are concerned that this latest law could hamper their current efforts to join the European Union. Because the ban is so restrictive on outside countries allowing Turkish gambling, some fear that the EU will question their impending membership into the union.

This new law that addresses online casino gambling is known as the “Law for amending certain articles of the law on bookmaking organisation concerning football contests” in a rough English translation of the Turkish law. Specifically, it seems that the law is focusing on companies residing outside of Turkey. Because of the wording of the law there is current speculation that Turkey is considering allowing some licensed companies or specific online casino Web sites to op erate with Turkish citizens.

But others are not surprised by this latest law, as they were predicting that this was in the works based on the company’s attitude toward online casino gambling. Some companies, like Bwin (an Austrian company involved in the gambling industry), were concerned about the strong anti-gambling sentiments expressed lately from Turkey.

But with online casino gambling on the rise in Europe, the fact that Turkey is applying for membership into the EU could be the strongest turning point for online gambling.  The fact is, part of the deal with joining the EU is that the counties then have open border policies—and that means banning foreign companies just doesn’t look so good right now.