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The Commission Works Hard

Some countries though just seem to feel that they are operating in a vacuum where their legislation has no real effect on the other EU member-states. Germany recently chose to blatantly defy the Commission with the new implementation of limiting online casino gambling regulations that support a state controlled monopoly and specifically blocks foreign internet gambling companies from accessing German citizens without breaking the law and facing severe fines and criminal charges. In that same category is the Netherlands and Scandinavia.

These counties basically all have very lucrative online casino gambling monopolies in place and have really spent the time negotiating with the European Commission as an opportunity to strengthen national legislation blocking for foreign online casinos. The Commission has been entirely tolerant throughout the process –in fact some in the industry claim that the Commission has been too tolerant of the countries that have blatantly refused to negotiate new terms.

It has taken years for the Commission to be too fed up to continue with the negotiations, but the time has finally come. Those countries with restrictive online casino gambling legislation are facing a referral to the European Court of Justice –if this main court sides in judgment with the Commission then the state governments could face some very hefty fines for their actions. But at the same time, many of these countries are banking on the fact that their claims that the legislation is in place as a protective measure for the citizens will work at convincing the court of their case –it could really go both ways according to industry analysts, with a slight favor to the Commission.