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Liberalizing Betting in the EU

The online casino betting industry has come under some intense scrutiny in the past several months because of some betting scandals and rumors that threaten the integrity of sporting events. Illegal betting is a real concern for European sports according to Michel Platini, president of the Union of European Football Associations. Cheating within in any sector of the internet gambling industry is quite negative, but the impacts within the sports betting industry is far worse than cheating at, say, the online casinos. With more and more illegal betting taking place on a world-wide level both on land and through the internet it’s increasingly important for stronger regulations and protocol to be in place.

Platini recently expressed specific concerns about illegal land and online betting coming out of Asia in increasingly high numbers. One of the ways to effectively combat the illegal sportsbetting is through sports police according to Platini. The online casino gambling issue is in the process of some intense legal issues, and it seems that sportsbetting is falling into that same category – new regulations and the liberalization of the European betting market means that this transition time can be very dangerous if it’s taken advantage of by illegal and dishonest betting.

Platini specifically calls for the Council of Europe to provide a legal framework that will allow a special taskforce of Sports police to address and prosecute illegal sportsbetting activities throughout Europe. The way that the current regulations are structured there is no clear path toward prosecution and no way to ensure that ethics in sports remains a top priority.