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Online Casinos are the Big Issue

For some reason the online casino gambling industry makes a rogue out of more than a dozen of the traditionally compliant European Union member-states that traditionally tow the line and reap all of the benefits of EU membership. But the issue of foreign online casinos accessing state markets is really becoming a major sticking point for many of the countries as the European Commission continues to investigate the countries and issue threats and warnings. The problem is, although the Commission asserts that the EU policy applies to internet gambling, there are nearly a dozen countries that are insisting on their right to operate online gambling monopolies.

The Commission has not conceded one iota on this issue, yet for years now countries like Sweden, Scandinavia, and others have blatantly refused compliance. There are countries that are making millions annually from the operation of state gambling monopolies and do not want to share those profits with the foreign online casinos. Now, that is not to say that all of the nations are not in compliance, some have finally succumbed to the negotiations and threats from the Commission and are on the way toward a more level playing field and an open market.

One of the most frustrating factors of the whole situation is the fact that the countries keep changing up the game and adding to the list of countries that the European Commission has to both watch and then negotiate with. Italy and France have heard the reason of the Commission on the online casino gambling issue and chose to voluntarily alter there internet gambling regulations without involving the European Court of Justice in the matter.