Euro Online Casino

After obtaining the proposed legislation of online gambling that Belgium passed, it was then regarded as unsatisfactory by the European Commission at adhering to EC requirements. The Belgian online casino legislation was found wanting in a few areas according to the EU, and specifically in the clause requiring all online casino operators to be established within the country.

The European Gaming and Betting Association (EBGA) stated that the Commission was right in their decision to ban Belgium from regulating the new laws. Belgium’s plan was put forward to the European Commission.

The European Commission have pointed out that many areas of the said law were in violation and that they included language as required by the internet gaming operators and poker sites to be set up in Belgium, control of available licenses, criminal prosecution of customers who play on unauthorized sites and restriction of services from outside nations. The nation was also looking to make use of the ISP blocking software to restrict the public from playing on other licensed EU sites, an element the Commission was strongly against.

The Director for Regulatory Affairs of EGBA, was in union with the European Commission’s decision to prohibit the planned legislation. He stated that the requirement for operators to be set up in Belgium is one of the most apparent violations of EC Treaty provisions. He said that it mistakenly denies that many online casino gambling operators are well regulated, licensed and controlled elsewhere in the European Union and concludes that it is capable to have a high level of consumer protection and well regulated online gaming and betting market at the same time.