Poland: Gambling Regulations News
POLAND IS LEGALIZING ONLINE GAMBLING
The Warsaw Voice had outstanding news for online gamblers and online gambling companies: It has been announced that that the coming soon the European Court of Justice in the Placanica case the Poland government is about to prepare to start issuing gambling license.
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 online gambling 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.
Poland internet gambling and online poker market, will maybe soon be open for online gambling firms like WILLIAM HILL (WMH.L), PARTYGAMING (PRTY.L), CRYPTOLOGIC (CRYP), PLAYTECH (PTEC.L) , 888 HOLDINGS (888.L).
I can assume that this act will affect greatly the polish society of gambling companies pushing them to pay taxes for being really legal.
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