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Will the Banks Participate

The question of whether or not the Netherlands can ban foreign online casinos gambling companies from accessing the Dutch market could come down to a question of enforcement. At this point, as the Dutch government preliminarily announces the new planned legislation, the government plans to rely heavily on the Dutch banking industry to effectively stop the illegal transactions. The legislation is similar to U.S. legislation that also seeks to stop transactions at the financial institution level – but will Dutch banks find the same fault in the plans that the U.S. banks so openly asserted?

A spokesperson for the Justice Ministry noted that the banks will receive a list of online casinos gambling companies in violation of Dutch policies, and the banks will have the responsibility of actually seeking out these transactions and blocking the transactions. With the current list of banned foreign gambling sites under 50, the stress on the banking industry may be minimal. But if the ban were to continue there is no doubting that the government would be forced to update the list frequently to ensure that new online casinos gambling sites made it onto the banned list.

There is every likelihood that the Dutch banking industry will have problems ensuring that every single transaction is blocked because of the nature of online casinos gambling. U.S. gamblers have found ways around the U.S. ban by using cash cards, foreign bank accounts in addition to a handful of other tactics that circumvent the government legislation. At this point, so soon after the initial announcement, there is no telling if the European Commission will have the ability to block these new Dutch government efforts before they are actually implemented and able to discriminate against for online casino gambling sites.