Dutch State-Run Poker PostponedNetherlands Postpones Vote on State-Run Poker While Austrian Monopoly Forges Ahead |
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Dutch Minister of Justice Hirsch Ballin this week postponed the scheduled Senate vote on granting a temporary but exclusive licence to state-run Holland Casino, which would allow it to offer online gaming, including poker.
The Gaming Compliance website reports that Minister Ballin feared the bill would be defeated just one week after the European Commission moved to legally challenge Swedish poker monopoly Svenska Spel.
Gaming Intelligence Group reported last week that the Dutch Ministry of Justice declared it was drawing up a blacklist of what it considers illegal gambling websites and stated it would be prepared to prosecute Dutch financial institutions for dealing with them.
Elsewhere, Austrian state-run online gaming site win2day.at was launched earlier this week, powered by Svenska Spel. Among other things, the site offers online poker and, unlike its Swedish counterpart, offer freerolls for players.
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