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European Gaming and Betting Association is leading a challenge to Norway’s anti-gambling statutes

The EGBA has challenged Norway as the organization intends the country to open up its Internet services to payment systems for all gambling and betting sites.
2018-08-01
Reading time 1:45 min
The EGBA has challenged Norway as the organization intends the country to open up its Internet services to payment systems for all gambling and betting sites. Norway has stopped people from taking payments from these services, and does not want competition for their state-run gambling sites.

The European Gaming and Betting Association is currently starting a new legal challenge against Norway because they country is locking down their national Internet services. The country does not want unlicensed and international companies offering payments to customers, and they do not want to see their citizens investing in outside entities.

The EGBA has challenged Norway as the organization intends the country to open up its Internet services to payment systems for all gambling and betting sites. Norway has stopped people from taking payments from these services, and does not want competition for their state-run gambling sites.

The lottery or a state-run gambling effort is something that many nations use to raise money. Norway wishes to make much of its money from their own form of the lottery, and they believe that other gambling sites are getting in the way. Norway is quite particular about who they license, and the country believes that licensing these gambling sites is an important way of controlling how much revenue they receive.

However, the EGBA believes that citizens should be allowed to spend their money as they like, which is why the entity has requested Norway to change their statute to allow for much freer gambling. The organization has filed a lawsuit in Norwegian court claiming that the country did not come about this information legally. The EGBA believes that the Norwegian government pirated quite a lot of information to learn who was gambling on certain sites, which would be a clear violation of Norwegian and EU law.

The EGBA believes that Norway must change the law to better accommodate modern gambling. They do not want Norway to leave their borders wide open to all gambling, and they are urging the country to make laws that simply adapt to what the market needs today. The country is not ready to make those changes, and they may not do so until the courts have made their decision.

Changing the law would be a positive outcome for both state-run gambling and operations run by companies. Closing their latest The nation of Norway must modernize its own channels for online gambling, and they may find that there is a happy medium for online gaming that serves everyone. The country has done quite a lot of work to ensure that they are safe for all citizens, but they may find that this EGBA lawsuit is a wake-up call.

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