Switzerland Considers Online Gambling RegulationCountry's 21 Casinos Could Run Their Own Games |
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Online gambling is currently illegal in Switzerland, but lawmakers there are currently considering legalizing the games and regulating them, according to a report from thelocal.ch, a English-language Swiss media outlet.
A bill was submitted to the parliament on Wednesday. It calls for the country’s 21 brick-and-mortar casinos to be allowed to offer the games on the web. Though online gambling is illegal in Switzerland, residents of the country do have access to foreign gambling sites since the law isn’t enforced very well, according to the report.
Since 2007, the country’s casino gambling has fallen 30 percent, the report said.
In addition to online gambling regulation, the bill would allow for-profit poker games outside of casinos. The games could be run if the stakes are low, but lawmakers haven’t yet indicated what exactly they mean by low stakes.
In 2010, Switzerland’s Federal Council upheld an earlier Supreme Court ruling that viewed poker as a game of luck, meaning that it could not be played outside a casino environment.
Over in Norway, lawmakers there recently relaxed laws against poker.
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