Jean Bergevin EU Commissioner Interview

member states in the EU need to work together to regulate online gambling…if they each individually have too strict requirements (tax, hosting etc) it's going to be preventative to operators because they will have to replicate their service for every market or they will have a bare bones operation in each market which I assume isn't the member state's goal.

[...] VIDEO PICK: European Commission bigwig talks regulation Our own Rebecca Liggero gets the European Commission’s Jean Bergevin, Head of Unit, Internal Market and Services, to admit on camera that he’s not a gambling man. Oh, and he also discusses protectionism and the likelihood of a workable pan-European gambling regulatory environment. Views and opinions expressed are those of the Author and do not necessarily reflect those of CalvinAyre.com window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: "141019242583972", status: true, show_faces: false, cookie: true, xfbml: true}); }; (function() { var e = document.createElement("script"); e.async = true; e.src = document.location.protocol + "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js"; document.getElementById("fb-root").appendChild(e); }()); tweetmeme_source = "calvinayre"; tweetmeme_url = "http://calvinayre.com/2011/04/23/business/gaming-industry-news-weekly-recap-april-23/"; tweetmeme_style = "compact"; var a2a_config = a2a_config || {}; a2a_config.linkname = "Gaming Industry News Weekly Recap – Stories You Might Have Missed"; a2a_config.linkurl = "http://calvinayre.com/2011/04/23/business/gaming-industry-news-weekly-recap-april-23/"; a2a_config.color_main = "f6fafd"; a2a_config.color_border = "3F8DB7"; a2a_config.color_link_text = "282828"; a2a_config.color_link_text_hover = "282828"; a2a_config.color_bg = "D7E4F4"; a2a_config.prioritize = ["twitter", "facebook", "friendfeed", "linkedin", "digg", "stumbleupon", "delicious", "reddit", "yahoo_bookmarks", "google_bookmarks"]; Tags: Article, Black Friday, PokerStars, weekly recap Related Posts Everything Affiliates need to know about the effects of Black Friday John Blaise April 28, 2011 BLACK FRIDAY: Another indicted individual in US custody Steven Stradbrooke April 28, 2011 Caesars CEO calls Black Friday an opportunity to help reduce his company’s debt Steven Stradbrooke April 27, 2011 New Sportsbook.com boss Aaron Gould: “Let’s pretend to leave the US Market!” Peter Amsel April 27, 2011 [...]

[...] in the European Union’s gambling industry are favoring some kind of legislation at EU level. The European Commission (EC) is set to publish its findings this October following a gambling industry consultation that [...]