European Gambling Briefing 2007 or Key talks on the future of holdem poker

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egb from 8.-9. May, “Le Meridién” Hotel in Brussels, this year’s European Gambling Briefing “(ETUC).

Although at this conference more CEOs, directors, directors, presidents of the games industry and lawyers who are on-line law, cavort, their outcome is, precisely, those issues that are discussed are decisive for us consumers. Perhaps even decisive for the legal documents of the respective countries because of opinion formation, market analysis and hot discussions happen, at which the EU interest.

Jean Bergevin is the head of the department Services II “of the” Directorate General for Internal Market
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and services (DG-market). It is one of the 37 DGs and services from which the European Commission. Its main task is to coordinate the internal market policy of the Commission, the free movement of persons, goods, services and capital within the Union. Therefore, Jean Bergevin the conference with a keynote speech to open game industry.

In addition to monitoring the statutory guidelines of the e-commerce is also the task of the DG market to ensure that the principles of free movement of services and freedom of establishment in the enlarged EU internal market for services in the information society can be.

Perhaps it sounds very political, but after the shock absorbers, the online holdem poker provider by the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 the U.S. had received are the bosses of online games provider waking up. Conferences such as the ETUC 07 to the interests or any legislative amendments to raise and networking.

The programme of the ETUC 07 is complex. A major topic of discussion during the first conference will certainly be the fact that the games industry (very strong presence here is of course the online poker) despite all the competition has recognised the online market is opposition to the state monopoly holder and thus build also heard in the EU. Only thus can the step in an overall settlement within the union all along.

Legally, like Europe is currently a minefield, some countries announced relaxations in its laws, but then they changed their minds again and curtailed the relaxation process. For online holdem poker providers, it is therefore legally often difficult especially with planned expansions or mergers.

It can be interesting lectures and discussions are expected, with the hope that the EU is not a law as soon as the U.S. ereilt.