GOOD ONLINE GAMBLING NEWS FROM POLAND

30 March 2007

Government plans to introduce online gambling regulations similar to those adopted by Italy

The Warsaw Voice had some good news for online gamblers in the Eastern European nation of Poland this week, advising them that following the European Court of Justice in the Placanica case (see previous InfoPowa reports) the government is preparing to license online gambling.

The European Court of Justice has upheld regulations liberalising online gambling by handing down a ruling favourable to British bookmakers who had been banned from operating in Italy. Consequently, the Polish government is planning to introduce regulations similar to those in Italy, the newspaper claims.

"National regulations that prohibit the acceptance of bets unless one has a license issued by the relevant member state restrict the freedom of services," said the court in substantiating its decision. The court ruled that an operator who holds a license issued in one EU member state has the right to provide similar services throughout the European Union. The court's ruling concerns three bookmakers who had accepted bets in Italy on behalf of British-based firm Stanley International Betting (SIB). SIB had no license to conduct bookmaking business in Italy.

In Poland, a dozen or so foreign online bookmakers operate without any regulations. The Ministry of Finance is currently working to amend the gambling law, the Warsaw Voice reports.

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