JBUK
10-15-2009, 10:42 AM
Hello everyone, I'm really really sorry to post a link here but I think this will be of interest to people who like playing bingo online or otherwise betting online:
http://www.right2bet.net
It's an online petition and campaign aimed at altering the EU's regulation of online gambling - including games like bingo. At the moment, EU Member States can and do operate some pretty protectionist policies; both operators (bingo sites, casinos, bookies) and gamers alike are prevented from moving freely across borders. For the operators this means they can't market themselves to everybody they'd like to; for users, it means that they lose the chance to bet in certain online casinos and with certain online bookies, which can obviously involve missing out on the best odds, the best deals, the best sites etc.
The EU is supposed to offer a free market in goods and services but gambling is an industry that is being unfairly excluded from this. Given it would be relatively painless for them to do (the only people that would be hurt are the treasuries of the greedy Member States that prefer to rip punters off and pocket the proceeds for themselves!), it's high time that action was taken. If this petition can reach 1million signatures then they will be forced to take notice.
JB
http://www.right2bet.net
It's an online petition and campaign aimed at altering the EU's regulation of online gambling - including games like bingo. At the moment, EU Member States can and do operate some pretty protectionist policies; both operators (bingo sites, casinos, bookies) and gamers alike are prevented from moving freely across borders. For the operators this means they can't market themselves to everybody they'd like to; for users, it means that they lose the chance to bet in certain online casinos and with certain online bookies, which can obviously involve missing out on the best odds, the best deals, the best sites etc.
The EU is supposed to offer a free market in goods and services but gambling is an industry that is being unfairly excluded from this. Given it would be relatively painless for them to do (the only people that would be hurt are the treasuries of the greedy Member States that prefer to rip punters off and pocket the proceeds for themselves!), it's high time that action was taken. If this petition can reach 1million signatures then they will be forced to take notice.
JB