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Some Countries Prove Problematic

Rajchl is a corporate lawyer for Bwin International, an online casino, sportsbetting, and generally large scale gambling services company. Over the last year Bwin has made international headlines with acquisitions such as the huge poker operator Ongame, as well as expansions into more countries, and new Web sites and online casinos. But even though Bwin is in the process of expanding world-wide, Rajchl notes that there are still a few companies who neither support internet gambling, nor do they allow gambling advertising.

As Bwin continues to expand into other countries, and merge with well-known online casinos and sports betting groups, they also have some countries that require strict procedures. Rajchl notes for example that Germany is so divided on the issue that a German Football Club that Bwin sponsors, SV Werder Bremen, cannot wear the Bwin logo on equipment and jerseys in Munich, Germany, but yet it is fine in Stuttgart. Rajchl also notes: “France, for instance, is very aggressive. The European Commission (EC) has already initiated discussions with the most problematic countries such as France, Germany and Italy, asking these countries to explain why they regulate the online betting market. But, for instance, in non-EU state Turkey we had to end our online betting activities as they are prohibited.”

And the choice to leave Turkey was just that, a choice. Because of the recent rulings in the European Court of Justice, technically, as long as the online casino and betting company were run out of a country that does allow internet betting and gambling, then the country is safe from legal action—this is mainly to protect the notion of free movement of trade and services within the European Union.

Some of the countries that are currently fighting against online casino gambling within their borders cite addictions and under-age gambling as main reasons for the restrictions. But Bwin’s lawyer Rajchl notes that the company has protective measures for the gamblers to ensure that those with addictive like habits are investigated by the company, and then worked with to monitor the addictive behavior.

Rajchl goes on to further assess the online casino gambling market, and how the generalities associated with the different countries. He uses the Greece and Czech’s well-known national football clubs to comment on their betting habits, “Greeks follow their heart more, whereas, for instance, Czechs follow rather their minds. I always give the example of if Olympiacos C.F.P plays Barcelona, half of Greece will bet on Olympiacos, whereas if AC Sparta Praha plays Barcelona, I won’t know of any Czech person betting on AC Sparta Praha!"