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E.U. Rules in Favor of Free Trade

The European Fair Trade Association is investigating the current situation involving Norway and the online casino gambling group Ladbrokes. As online casinos are spreading like wild fire across the European Union, some countries are putting regulations in place to stop the influx of internet gambling. But that may just mean that those countries are in violation of the EFTA if they are allowing a monopoly to form in their country as a result of the regulations.

Just recently, Norway blocked Ladbrokes from accessing the online casino gambling, betting, and lottery industries within Norway. And in response to that ruling the EFTA has ruled that those regulations could very well breach the EU’s fair trade policy. Bwin, a popular online casino gambling group based out of Vienna, issued a statement concerning the EFTA’s recent ruling. Basically, Bwin surmises that in this case, the court is being used to determine whether countries were allowed to form monopolies in regards to the following industries: horse race betting, sports betting, and lotteries.

Excerpts from Bwin’s press release highlight the changing climate in Europe right now as online casinos, internet gambling and betting, and state lotteries cause concern. "The court's judgement confirms the criticism already expressed by the European Commission of the national restrictions that still exist in some cases. As long as national legislators are unable to agree on uniform pan-European regulations for the gaming market, national regulations will continue to be evaluated in the light of the freedoms of establishment and services anchored in the Treaty on European Community and the prohibition of discrimination.”