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Fighting the Monopolies

The Bwin online casino gambling and betting group has vowed to continue pressing the German government on the internet gambling issue until an acceptable resolution is found. The German government has a ban in place to block foreign online casinos from accessing the German market – this piece of protectionist German legislation is in place despite pressure from the European Commission for an open European internet gambling industry. EU policies demand that all EU member-states allow the free movement of trades and services – Germany though is one of several companies with protectionist legislation in place that supports a state run gambling monopoly.

The Commission is firm in the assertion that online casino gambling monopolies violate EU policies and has been in the process of negotiating with the nearly dozen countries with monopolies in place. The negotiations with Germany stalled earlier this year when the German government implemented a new piece of protectionist legislation in January despite warnings from the Commission. The next step for the Commission to ensure compliance with EU policies will likely be a recommendation to the European Court of Justice for a trial.

As for Bwin, the gambling group has stood firm by its commitment to overturn the German ban on foreign online casinos and betting companies accessing German gamblers. A Cologne Court set the groups efforts back a tad with the refusal to overturn the German ban. But Bwin asserts that the company will push the issue all the way through the federal courts until the illegal ban is overturned and German operates in an open online gambling market.