Key Takeaways
- The EU VAT Directive which was introduced on January 1 last year, has resulted in PokerStars France no longer accepting players resident in Austria.
- The Romanian government has approved amendments to the country’s gaming laws that bring them more closely into line with EU treaties.
- The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has published its first annual statistics covering the first full year since new laws were implemented.
EU
The EU VAT Directive which was introduced on January 1 last year, has resulted in PokerStars France no longer accepting players resident in Austria. The combination of extremely high French gaming taxes plus the 20% VAT which it is required to be paid on the activity of its Austrian players has made the market commercially unviable.
