January 7th, 2010Posted by admin
The European Commission has been battling to get all their member states to conform with the rules and requirements as set out by the European Union. Although the European Commission has repeatedly told Belgium that their proposed gambling laws do not comply with EU rules, Belgium seems set to go ahead in their own direction. One of the rules and guidelines of the European Union Treaty states that there needs to be
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January 6th, 2010Posted by admin
In New South Wales, Australia, the land-based gaming operators told the Australian government that hundreds of jobs can be lost if there is continued competition from online casinos. This complaint comes at a time when the Australian government’s Productivity Commission has recommended that Internet gambling be legalized in Australia. There have been a fair number of those who oppose the changes who have spoken out against the conclusions reached by the Productivity
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January 6th, 2010Posted by admin
Last year, in 2009, the Chinese government made a decision that all new computers that were bought in China would have to come with special Internet filtering software already installed. The software, the Green Dam Youth Escort, caused a nationwide outcry across China from both computer companies, and from Chinese citizens. The software was ostensibly to be used to filter out porn websites, but also included online casino, and other online gambling sites.
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December 31st, 2009Posted by admin
Germany has attempted to have an online casino ban, which has been largely ignored by many of its citizens. Although Germany’s lawmakers had hoped that the online casino ban would be effective, a recent study of German gambling habits have shown that the number of online casino patrons is still very high. In fact, the study shows, more than two million German citizens are still playing and betting at online gambling sites.
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December 30th, 2009Posted by admin
There is currently much dissatisfaction in the online gambling world in the United Kingdom. There have been many complaints regarding the uneven, and therefore unfair, competitive conditions under which the UK online gambling operators are operating at the moment. Other issues in the online gambling world include the constant need to generate larger amounts of government revenue, as well as worries about corruption in sports.
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