EU Must Make Online Gambling ‘Legitimate’ Says MEPResponsible Gaming Day at European Parliament Told Regulation Must Be Harmonised |
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The third Responsible Gaming Day is taking place at the European Parliament today and the audience has been hearing from gaming industry bosses and EU legislators.
MEP Timothy Kirkhope, who is hosting the event, said, “This is a golden opportunity to begin to set in place a level playing field for a sector which is struggling with a patchwork of different rules. I have great faith in Commissioner Barnier that he will take heed of our discussions today, and begin to work out a strategy to ensure that online gambling can become a legitimate part of the internal market.”
Co-ceo of bwin, Norbert Teufelberger, told delegates, “With almost 2/3 of EU member states already working on or at least considering a reform of their gaming markets, there is a unique momentum now to ensure that regulation delivers for consumers, the industry and Europe.
“Regulation must be harmonised so that consumers receive similar high protection regardless of where they play. Online gaming is a cross-border activity and consumer protection needs to be applied cross-border as well”.
Jean Bergevin, head of unit at DG Internal Market, said on behalf of the European Commission that it would publish a Green Paper over the coming months which would “collect the information necessary to determine the most efficient and coherent systems addressing recognized public interest objectives”.
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