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ECJ Looms Ahead

Many European nations have failed to heed the European Commission’s warnings regarding online casino gambling policies, and that means that many of these countries could find themselves tried in a case before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) sooner than anyone could have anticipated. Earlier this year the Commission issued final warnings to several European Union member-states because of their restrictive online casinos gambling policies that did not allow other member-states access to gambling markets. The final warning gave the nations a limited time-frame to implement the changes, and new policy in the Netherlands could mean that the country is ready to face the ECJ.

The online casinos gambling issue has just gotten out of control in the past few months with several European nations not only ignoring the Commission’s final warnings, but then going a step further and continuing to pass more restrictive legislation. Two of the countries continuing to pass new restrictions on the online casinos gambling and betting industries include the Netherlands and Germany. Other countries have ignored the Commission by maintaining the monopoly, but the Dutch and German governments are actively passing new legislation despite the many concerns that the Commission has expressed regarding the issue.

The latest move by the Dutch government will have backs in the Netherlands responsible for blocking certain financial transactions with online casinos on the list of banned online casinos. This is scarily similar to the proposed U.S. legislation which is currently un-implementable. However, that does not seem to be a concern for the Dutch government or the Dutch banks that will be enlisted in this latest effort to effectively insulate the Netherlands from online gambling companies located in other EU member-states.