[FONT="]Betfair Voices Support For European Version Of Poker Players Alliance Aimed At Sports Bettors[/FONT]
[FONT="]With final decisions yet to be made on the Lisbon treaty in Europe, the gambling community has launched an online petition, which, if successful, will become one of the first citizens’ policy proposals.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The treaty includes the 'Citizens Initiative', which states that a petition of one million signatures will force the notoriously slow European Union Parliament to take action on a particular matter. The Right2Bet campaign hopes to use this channel to persuade the Member States in the EU that still restrict online casino and sports betting to liberalize their current restrictions.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The petition has arrived at a time during which the issue of online gambling has reappeared in the politics of the European mainland’s two largest economies: France and Germany. Germany’s new government is likely to include the pro-business FDP in a coalition with Angela Merkel’s CDU. The party have stated that reform of the country’s current state-dependant laws is a major priority.[/FONT]
[FONT="]France, meanwhile, have already drafted their new online gambling bill and preparations are being made for its adoption. Moves towards reform have also been made in other large markets, including Italy and Spain, although smaller countries (such as Portugal and the Netherlands) have refused to change their current attitudes towards online casino and sports betting and remain heavily biased towards the continued dominance of their own state-run monopolies.[/FONT]
[FONT="]America and Canada have similar restrictive regulations in place and the Right2Bet petition is open for Americans and Canadians to sign. After all, deregulation in Europe should intensify the pressure placed on politicians across the Atlantic to follow their lead.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The Right2Bet campaign is notable for its similarity to an American group, The Poker Players Alliance, which long ago passed the all-important one million mark and has set about bringing reform at State level.[/FONT]
[FONT="]You can sign the petition and keep up to date with all the latest news on this issue at [/FONT][FONT="][FONT="]www.right2bet.net[/FONT][/FONT][FONT="]. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]With final decisions yet to be made on the Lisbon treaty in Europe, the gambling community has launched an online petition, which, if successful, will become one of the first citizens’ policy proposals.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The treaty includes the 'Citizens Initiative', which states that a petition of one million signatures will force the notoriously slow European Union Parliament to take action on a particular matter. The Right2Bet campaign hopes to use this channel to persuade the Member States in the EU that still restrict online casino and sports betting to liberalize their current restrictions.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The petition has arrived at a time during which the issue of online gambling has reappeared in the politics of the European mainland’s two largest economies: France and Germany. Germany’s new government is likely to include the pro-business FDP in a coalition with Angela Merkel’s CDU. The party have stated that reform of the country’s current state-dependant laws is a major priority.[/FONT]
[FONT="]France, meanwhile, have already drafted their new online gambling bill and preparations are being made for its adoption. Moves towards reform have also been made in other large markets, including Italy and Spain, although smaller countries (such as Portugal and the Netherlands) have refused to change their current attitudes towards online casino and sports betting and remain heavily biased towards the continued dominance of their own state-run monopolies.[/FONT]
[FONT="]America and Canada have similar restrictive regulations in place and the Right2Bet petition is open for Americans and Canadians to sign. After all, deregulation in Europe should intensify the pressure placed on politicians across the Atlantic to follow their lead.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The Right2Bet campaign is notable for its similarity to an American group, The Poker Players Alliance, which long ago passed the all-important one million mark and has set about bringing reform at State level.[/FONT]
[FONT="]You can sign the petition and keep up to date with all the latest news on this issue at [/FONT][FONT="][FONT="]www.right2bet.net[/FONT][/FONT][FONT="]. [/FONT]
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