GAMBLING NEWS
Gambling regulation in Denmark
May 24, 2010
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been focusing on the legal aspects of online gambling in various jurisdictions. The legal side of things plays a huge role in whether players are willing to accept the consequences of playing at various online casinos which is not licensed in or at a certain company or even in a certain country. The latest development in the online gambling market is the fact that Denmark is trying to get legal with regards to online gambling in their country. There are some clever people out there and we’ll tell you why.
It’s come to the surface that the European commission has finally gotten to the Danes by them bowing down to the severe pressure to open their online poker market. But there is one big factor that has to be in place and that is that the sole licensee for the time being would be Danske Spil. So in other words, the government would only allow players residing within Danish borders to play online provided the online poker room is headed up by Danske Spil. So they are making sure that they are getting the head start they are looking for.
The head start we are referring to is that government will allow online players to make online deposits through to online poker rooms by using e – wallets like Neteller as an example from the 1st July 2010, which will be controlled by Danske Spil and then only after 1 January 2011 players would be able to change their preferred online gambling company. So in essence Danske Spil will benedit from six months of revenue before Denmark opens up their gambling market to their people. They have even gone as far as threatening to implement ISP blocking for anyone trying to intervene with their 6 months plan.
The underlying issue is that Danish players have been playing at numerous online casinos for example Roxy Palace and it is advised by other players on forum boards and chat rooms that balances in their respected accounts should be kept there to eliminate being prosecuted for playing at any other online company besides Danske Spil. The bottom line for the Danish government is to get as many Danes to play at their state owned operator and to lock them in for the next six months. Time will tell and we’ll have to wait until July 2010 to see what will happen.
