Swiss gaming head calls for an end to online gambling ban for national players
The president of the Swiss Gaming Board has called for a lifting of the ban on online gaming for national operators in order to test and monitor their quality, and to test the viability of generating revenues from taxes on domestic providers.
Benno Schneider told Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger he felt that it would be beneficial to [...]
Russia’s casinos fear for the future as relocation deadline approaches
A government initiative to relocate Russia’s gambling industry to four zones scattered across the country seems increasingly likely to stagnate. Industry leaders complain that investment in infrastructure for the move has not been forthcoming and say they fear that any transfer to the regions will end up with them footing the bill.
Hanging over them is [...]
Poker site jumps the gun over France’s online liberation
French casino group Partouche has launched its Gibraltar-licensed online poker site targeting French players, ahead of the proposed liberalisation of the French online gaming market next year. The move is likely to anger the French government who currently classify online poker as illegal gambling, but who have been accused of doing little to stop it.
Group [...]