EU Disagrees on Online Gambling HarmonisationReport Rejecting Pan-European Legal Harmonisation Adopted But Schism Deepens |
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Earlier this week the European Parliament adopted “The Intergrity of Online Gambling” report which sought to ensure the right of member states to regulate internally their own online gambling sectors “in accordance with their traditions and cultures.”
Support came from MEPs from countries such as Sweden, German, and Denmark who are seeking to support their 
However, an alternative report, backed by nine of the 27 member states and three main European political parties, which seeks to harmonise regulation across the EU continues to receive significant support from countries which are seeking to open all markets to fair internal competition.
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA), backs the alternative report as it, “… seeks to approach online gaming and betting in a more practical way, in line with the cross-border nature of the sector and taking into consideration both the challenges and opportunities offered in this area by the Internet technology.”
Sigrid Ligné, Secretary General of the EGBA, said, “Today’s vote shows that we cannot expect an EU harmonised legislation to be adopted in the near future. This clearly means that it is the rules of the Treaty and the case law of the Court of Justice that continue to apply and that will prevail for our sector in the years to come”.
Meanwhile the European Commission continues to go after countries such as Netherlands and Greece which it says contravene internal competition rules regarding cross-border services such as online gambling and poker.
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