Regulation Insight
Key Takeaways
  • RAWA went off like a damp squib, but raised the hackles of both the industry and the poker media.
  • In Italy, the Netherlands and the UK, national gambling and gambling tax regimes are being exposed in the courts as illegal under EU laws.
  • The provincial government in Quebec has proposed blocking unlicensed gambling sites in its budget statement for 2015.

RAWA went off like a damp squib, but raised the hackles of both the industry and the poker media. In Italy, the Netherlands and the UK, national gambling and gambling tax regimes are being exposed in the courts as illegal under EU laws.