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It's Not Just a Question of Safety

Some French proponents of the country’s state-run online casinos gambling monopoly continue the argument that a government-run monopoly is safer for the gamblers. This argument was recently raised in the House of the Lords meeting in the British Parliament…and as fast as anyone could raise the point there was far more evidence to suggest that the argument is bunk and just an excuse to benefit from an extremely lucrative gambling monopoly. The ongoing French online casinos gambling monopoly is an ongoing source of contention in Great Britain as the government waits for the rumored new French online gambling policy legislation that is more in tune with EU policies.

The fact is, state run monopolies are quick to point out that foreign online casinos increase the chances of a country dealing with unwanted gambling addictions and underage gambling. The argument contends that monopolies are better suited to stopping these unwanted activities. But the argument in the British Parliament centered on the idea that the online casinos in the UK and most of Europe abide by strict regulations (though stricter in the UK than some European licensing jurisdictions) that prevent unwanted underage online gambling activities.

Lord Davies of Oldham commented on the issue of underage gambling noting that although there were some differences concerning regulations of online casinos outside of the UK, that there are still very few complaints about underage gambling at this point. And on that note, Davies “[sees] no reason why we need to change our regulatory framework which seems to be working satisfactorily.” The government is watching the underage gambling issue carefully and is fully willing to make changes through the UK Gambling Commission if needed. In that way, the “safety” debate should not actually factor into online casinos gambling monopoly debate.