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The European Union has a pretty sticky situation on their hands in regards to the debate about whether the online casinos are covered under the EU’s policies of free trading between member-states of goods and services. The internet gambling industry has steadily developed throughout Europe but yet there are still a handful of member-states denying that gambling is included in the EU policies. The online casinos actually have a pretty strong case though because of the landmark decision several years ago concerning Stanleybet’s right to operate land betting shops in Italy as a part of the EU policies. The European Court of Justice upheld Stanleybet’s right to operate a gambling business under the protection of the EU.

That 2003 European Court of Justice landmark Gambelli ruling has been used by other land betting companies to similarly develop and flourish in other European markets. The online casinos though are finding that most countries feel that the internet gambling industry is a whole other beast and that the Gambelli ruling does not actually set case precedence for the internet gambling. That means that the online casino sites willing to take up the fight could be facing a decade long battle with some countries just as Stanleybet has spent a decade forcing the Italian government to recognize the company’s legal right to operate land betting shops.

The online casinos are within a unique industry that is facing a lot of challenges in Europe right now because the lack of clear rulings from the European Court of Justice about whether the EU is truly an open market to internet businesses as well as land based commerce.