Netherlands to crack down on online casinos

May 12th, 2008
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Officials in the Netherlands are planning on cracking down on online casinos that do business in the country illegally.

A Dutch Justice Ministry spokeswoman said the country will tell Dutch banks to stop transactions with online casinos, according to a Reuters story:

The spokeswoman confirmed that Swedish online gamer Unibet (UNIBsdb.ST) and Dutch firm Oranje Casino, were targets, but declined to give other company names. The ministry has made a list of 30-50 Internet gamers and has asked banks to stop services to these companies.

The spokeswoman said dossiers would be passed to the public prosecutor who would be tasked with bringing cases to court.

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Gambling sites must be given a permit to operate in the Netherlands, and currently the only permit is owned by the state lottery, De Lotto.

The Netherlands is one of several countries at odds with the Euorpean Union, which wants online gambling and poker to have a free market in its member countries.


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