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Why so Hesitant?

The fact that so many European countries are willing to brazenly defy EU trade policies in favor of exclusivity and protectionist legislation leaves many asking why the countries are willing to face heavy fines and consequences? Well like most questionable behaviors, a lot of the answer comes down to greed and money. The fact of the matter is that online casino gambling is extremely lucrative, and only more so for the governments that are able to exclusively cash in on a large percentage of the gambling revenues. At the current count there are ten European countries operating exclusive online gambling monopolies despite pressure from the European Commission to comply with EU policies regading the movement of free trade and services between EU member-states.

On the one hand, the European Commission has the ability to investigate any infractions in EU countries that may be violating the EU trade agreements, but on the other hand, the Commission does not have the power of enforcement. Right now the Commission has been in talks and negotiations with all of the ten violating EU countries: Switzerland, Greece, Holland, France, Germany, . But for most of the countries, the talks and negotiations has had little effect on the actually online casinos gambling policy. In fact several govenments are operating and responding to the Commission with the full knowledge that the most the Commission can do is recommend that the country be brought before the European Court of Justice.

This is where several cases are heading – particularly Germany, because the countries refuse to comply with the Commission’s requested online casinos gambling policy and Germany has in fact purposely tightened the country’s restrictive state gambling policies. At this point, the Commission is beginning to issue final warnings to the countries in violation, and the next step is to bring the online gambling companies before the European Court of Justice. Countries facing the ECJ can expect large fines and the forced opening of the market if the courts find the monopolistic policy does in fact EU trade agreements.