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Online Casinos Coming to Estonia

The Estonian government is making good on plans to expand the state internet gambling industry through the licensing of yet one more company for operation in Estonia. This is the third gambling license granted by the Estonian Tax and Customs Board and is actually a double whammy. Triogames has received two operating licenses so that the gambling group can operate both an online casino for the Estonian market as well as internet lottery games. Estonia is one of the newest European Union countries to pass new internet gambling regulations and yet the country is very rapidly developing the new regulations and handing out applicable gambling licenses to various gambling groups.

The development is really positive and Estonians are already able to legally gamble at the state licensed online casinos. The huge drawback though is the fact that the Estonian government made a bold and anti-EU rule by mandating that all licensed gambling companies operate out of Estonia. Previously Estonia was keen on keeping all of the online casino bases outside of the country but the tax revenue and control were too appealing and the current Estonian laws block the licensing of foreign gambling sites.

Estonians have long looked outside of their country for online casinos in particular because only a handful of internet services were provided by the state monopoly, Spordiennustus. Although Estonians could play lottery and bingo, skill gaming and chance gaming were both not legally offered by Estonian gambling groups. This is changing now though and foreign gambling groups will likely fight back against the laws.