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Will It Come Time?

The Swedish Supreme Courts have sent an appeal to the European Court of Justice seeking the clarification on where the online casino gambling stands in relation to the EU’s policies of free trade between EU member-states of goods and services. The European Commission has interpreted the EU policies and principles to apply to the internet gambling industry 100 percent. Some of the state governments operating a gambling monopoly that blocks foreign online casinos though have disagreed. This disagreement has led to many EU gambling companies finding themselves in lawsuits and court cases in individual state courts because they attempt to forgo the restrictions in place in countries such as Norway and Sweden and begin to offer gambling services.

Sweden’s appeal to the ECJ should actually provide some much needed clarification in the industry and could have a huge affect on the handful of EU member-states continuing to operate a state online casino gambling monopoly. The only problem with the situation is the fact that the judgment could take as long as 18 months – and that is a pretty long time for an answer. Online casino gambling industry experts have noted that although the ECJ may not take the full 18 months to hand down a ruling on the situation, the internet gambling industry will still likely wait a long time for that answer.

In the mean time, while the ECJ is making a ruling some of the major online casinos facing state court cases could find themselves in a bad situation. The individual state courts have simply not sided with the Commission’s stance on the gambling industry and have continued to prosecute the companies competing with their state monopolies – the companies can only hope to lengthen their appeals process until the ECJ hands down the ruling.