Support Online Gambling Deregulation

[StefanK]

The Online Gambling industry has recently made a move to force the E.U into debating the standardisation of gambling law throughout the continent.

The Right2bet petition (www.right2bet.net ) aims to be one of the first issues debated under the 'Citizens inititiative' - which states that any petition with over a million signitures will force the issue into the Parliament.

Current gambling laws are vastly different in Member states, with some extremely liberal (such as the UK) and others (such as Portugal and Holland) set up so as to make placing a bet with anyone other than the state owned bookmaker almost impossible.

Please sign the petition, and support both the large number of UK based bookmakers hoping to enter these markets, and the numerous European punters fed up of being limited to one or two bets on horses with a single state owned monopolY!

 

[Zeno]

Why should I care if foreigners can gamble or not?

 

[vvaannmmaann]

I'm with Zeno.Why bother?

 

[Eplaygaming]

Why should I care if foreigners can gamble or not?

I suppose if those people can start using UK business to have a punt or two, it will create an income for someone over here.

There was rumours of USA having a turn around in they law as well, to allow online gambling abroad.

not sure..

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[vvaannmmaann]

Aren't most of the betting companies off shore for tax purposes?

 

[Eplaygaming]

Can't be 100% without checking, but yes I guess a lot are off shore..

The companies I'm involved with are off shore..BUT.

I ( and quite a few others ) are based and live on UK mainland.

We create an income for myself through these companies and really do need more than just the UK as customers.

I can't get USA customers to play in the online casino ( Taakin Palace ) due to gambling legislation over there. But a lot of Europeans do. As well as other countrys.

But someone from USA can get involved in Virtual Horse Racing ( Royal Savannah ) as it is seen as a skill game.

Doesn't make sense to me, but there you go.

But to sum up....UK residents can make an income using an off shore gambling company, prospecting for foreign customers.

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[directmarketingadvice]

But to sum up....UK residents can make an income using an off shore gambling company, prospecting for foreign customers.

Wouldn't it be better for the UK if those ambitious people set up other businesses in the UK and paid tax that would benefit this country?

Personally, I'm against the deregulation of betting in the EU.

I've frequently gone racing in France (Longhcamp, St Cloud, Auteuil) and, because of the PMU monopoly, the entry fee is dirt cheap while the facilities and the quality of the racing are superb.

(because the takeout from the betting is going back into the sport, rather than into the bookies' pockets)

Steve

 

[vvaannmmaann]

Will the PMU buy the Tote?

 

[directmarketingadvice]

Will the PMU buy the Tote?

If that's a serious question, firstly, I'm not sure if they're allowed to.

Secondly, I don't know if the UK Tote is really their "thing". The way horseracing betting is promoted in France is totally different to the UK. Over there, it's more like a lottery, with people betting their favourite numbers in the big handicap of the day.

(the finale of which is shown on prime time TV each evening - again as though it was the lottery draw)

So, given the differences, it would be quite a departure for the PMU to get involved in a bookie-dominated market over here.

Steve

 

[vvaannmmaann]

I am being serious.They clearly have the knowledge to make it work.I suppose it's all about the finances?

 

[directmarketingadvice]

I am being serious.

I wasn't sure. I thought it might have just been a remark about Glorious Gordon selling it off to pay for a few weeks of his bailout madness.

TBH, I'm not sure how the Tote is doing these days. I'm not sufficiently involved anymore to keep tabs on the industry.

Steve

 

[JEREMY HAWKE]

I fully support all drinking and gambling !

 

[vvaannmmaann]

Be quiet in the cheap seats!

 

[StefanK]

The aim of campaigns like the one I've linked to isn't to open up the industry to the point where Joe Bloggs can set up a dodgy casino table site from an island in the pacific, but to the point where a company from any E.U country could operate throughout the E.U, without hinderance from the governments of member states, to be regulated by the E.U - a level playing field throughout Europe, so to speak. Offshore gamings a little different, that bridge should be crossed when it comes to it.

Why should I care if foreigners can gamble or not?

Thats up to you. But if you wanted to put a bet on the Premier League, say, whilst you were on holiday or business in say, Holland or Germany - you'd find it pretty damn difficult.


The PMU is a completely different system, you aren't really betting against the house IIRC. So, as stated, its more like a lottery.