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Online Casino Monopolies Not Effective

The German government is adamant about protecting the state’s internet gambling and betting monopolies despite requests and the threat of legal action from the European Commission. Online casinos gambling is legal in the majority of the EU countries, and because of the policies outlined in EU trade agreements, all countries must allow the free flow of trade and commerce. Germany though has not yet complied with request from the EU Commissioner, Charlie McCreevy, to pass alternative legislation more in line with EU trade policies; Germany has even gone so far as to propose a German State Treaty on Online Casinos gambling that does not really address and fix any of the Commissioner’s requests.

The German State Treaty on Gambling would further secure a state gambling monopoly over online casinos and betting sites, even though these policies are in direct violation of EU trade treaties. And though Germany has been in talks with the European Commission, it looks as though the issue may have to be taken to the European Court of Justice before Germany complies with EU trade policies.

Recent news on the German State Treaty (which has not yet gone into effect) indicates that a panel of online casino and internet experts has determined that the German treaty is in fact impossible to enforce. Though many in the online casinos industry have previously asserted that banning Web sites is not effective, this latest panel is the first time that experts in the field have met and analyzed a situation to the extent that they can make a decisive ruling that parts of the treaty are in fact impossible.

Other countries have tried similar online casino legislation, and like the panel predicts, these countries have all failed at the objective to keep out banned Web sites, and to protect players from the ills associated with internet gambling. Analysts in the industry agree that the only effective way to protect players from underage and problem gambling is to license and regulate the industry much like the UK’s online casino gambling policies.