Thursday, April 12, 2007

The Polish government is to introduce laws legalising online gaming which
will include new regulations to license and tax companies, according to a
report in Polish newspaper the Warsaw Voice. The report said that the
eastern European country has decided to change the current laws to "meet the
needs of the growing industry," and will be implemented by September. The
paper also noted that Poland's decision follows the EU ruling for online
gambling in the Placanica case by the European Court of Justice in March,
2007. The court ruled that Italy cannot use criminal law to ban gambling
companies licensed in another EU nation from taking bets in Italy.