POSITIVE SIGNALS FROM POLAND

18 April 2008

Senior government minister hints strongly at a regulated online gambling policy


The Deputy Minister of Finance in Poland has reportedly made a public statement this week that the EU country plans to regulate and license online gambling, and this could happen as early as the second half of 2008.

Minister Marek Kapica was quoted in Polish media reports as being pragmatic on the issue, saying: "We cannot control this process anyway and it is better that the budget at least derives some revenues from it."

Kapica's ministry is apparently drafting legislation to introduce a regulatory regime, and this will be sent to the European Commission to ensure that it meets EU requirements for the free passage of goods and services between EU member states as required in the trading bloc's treaty.

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