Comments on: European Union Rules In Favor Of Portugal Gaming Monopoly Over bwin http://www.pokernewsdaily.com/european-union-rules-favor-portugal-gaming-monopoly-over-bwin-4883/ Your one stop shop for poker news. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:53:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stefan K http://www.pokernewsdaily.com/european-union-rules-favor-portugal-gaming-monopoly-over-bwin-4883/comment-page-1/#comment-70058 Stefan K Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:16:30 +0000 http://www.pokernewsdaily.com/?p=4883#comment-70058 The EC hasn't said 'gambling monopolies are ok', what they have said is that it's fine for countries to implement them to stop fraud, money laundering, problem gambling etc. However, as theres no research been carried out which suggests that a monopoly is better for anyone other than state coffers, Commercial operators would be well within their rights to challenge this, and they would likely win. The EC hasn’t said ‘gambling monopolies are ok’, what they have said is that it’s fine for countries to implement them to stop fraud, money laundering, problem gambling etc. However, as theres no research been carried out which suggests that a monopoly is better for anyone other than state coffers, Commercial operators would be well within their rights to challenge this, and they would likely win.

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