Online casino industry depends on the vision of each EU state

11 March 2025 – By Huseyin Yilmaz

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The European High Court has decided that each state can decide on its own regarding the online casino business. The decision to ban online gambling websites that are not licensed in that particular state is legal from now on. Another similar decision came in March and it stated that the European Union legislation does not recognize online casino licenses across different state borders.

The discussion started around a recent case from the Netherlands, where an organization which holds exclusive gaming rights has attacked in justice two other casino operators that were attempting to enter the market. The Dutch company is offering casino games to players across the country and it pays for the monopoly by funding public institutions.

The Court of Justice explained its decision by stating that consumer protection is above freedom of service and each state can decide on its own if it wishes to liberalize the market or hold a monopoly over the industry. Though this not such a good situation for the biggest online casino operators, they cannot do anything else than wait and hope that more states will follow the recent example of France.

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