POLISH PRESIDENT SIGNS RESTRICTIVE GAMBLING LAW
(Update)
4 December 2009
Waiting for the other shoe to drop - online
gambling measures
Poland's president Lech Kaczynski has signed into Polish
law the restrictive measures (see previous InfoPowa
reports) confining gambling to casinos and phasing out
slot machines in gaming arcades, cafes, clubs, shops and
service stations, reports Agence France Presse.
But whilst doing so, Kaczynski requested Poland's
constitutional court to rule whether the hastily adopted
law was "in line with the constitution" presidential
aide Wladyslaw Stasiak revealed Friday. The law followed
a political corruption scandal in which government
figures were named.
The country's liberal prime
minister, Donald Tusk, said the tough law was aimed at
increasing taxation of the sector and at "limiting and
if possible, rooting out" highly addictive forms of
gambling threatening young people under the age of
eighteen. It also introduces higher taxes and strict new
six-year state concessions for casinos with the limit of
one per district with a population of up to 650 000.
Casinos will be limited to operating 70 individual
gaming tables and machines.
Poland's parliament
approved the law in October, nearly a month and a half
after Tusk was forced to sack several key ministers and
political allies over allegations of influence peddling
within his cabinet regarding gambling legislation.
It is understood that further measures specifically
addressing the online gambling sector are currently
nearing completion and will be submitted soon.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
More news here.
Top of page |
Home |
News |
Forum |
Webcast |
Vortran |
Accredited Casinos |
Evil Ones |
Pitch a Bitch |
Online Gambling Resources |
Poker
|