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Grass-roots political efforts meet the “information superhighway” as online casino customers throughout the European Union have signed a petition to break down the trade barriers between member nations regarding online gaming sites. Recently, some member nations have blocked their citizens’ access to online casino sites based outside their borders in order to enforce their domestic gambling monopolies. According to the site Right2Bet.net, this prohibition is a violation of the European Community Treaty.
The site credits a ruling from the European Court of Justice where justices ruled that, while member nations still have the right to outlaw gambling altogether, whether it be in a live casino setting or over the internet, these same members cannot prohibit their citizens from engaging in business with a fellow member nation while they maintain a monopoly within their own borders.
Advocates for opening the European online gaming market to all EU citizens are not only citing legal precedent in their arguments. A report released by the European Gaming and Betting Association, a trade group that oversees many casinos, sports books and online gaming sites on the Continent, states that state-owned sites typically pay out less than sixty percent of a player’s wagers, compared to a payout rate of more than ninety percent from privately-owned sites.
The organizers at Right2bet.net are seeking over one million online “signatures” from citizens of EU member nations to present to the Union’s commission. Signatory parties to the petition are stating that they believe in the idea of fair trade across all member nations for the online gaming industry. As the site points out in its “Hypocrisy Corner”, they quote several EU leaders on the value of fair trade.
Supporters of the Right2bet.net initiative have also taken note of the Lisbon Treaty signed in December 2007. If member nations ratify the treaty, it will create a “European Citizens Initiative”. This initiative will enable a group that assembles a million signatures from citizens of the various member nations to take their petition directly to the governing European Commission. The group hopes that, if all twenty-seven nations ratify the treaty, they can take the first steps to break the state-run monopolies on online gaming.
26-Oct-2009, 14:36
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