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"en.20111115.27.2-434-079"2
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"The number of online gambling games is constantly growing. Around 10% of all gambling games (lotteries, betting on sport, poker and bingo) take place on the Internet, over the telephone or via interactive television platforms, with a market volume in Europe in excess of EUR 10 billion. As a result of the subsidiarity principle, the legal situation in the different EU Member States varies significantly. In some countries, there is a ban with the possibility of authorisation, while others have a total ban and others still a completely open and deregulated market. As there are no borders on the Internet, gambling service providers from Member States with open markets are also accessible in countries where online gambling is banned. The inevitable result of this is the emergence of a black market which we now have to combat while taking into account the subsidiarity principle. I welcome the fact that the national regulatory bodies are to be given the necessary authority to penalise infringements of the law and to take action against illegal service providers, so that consumers in Europe are protected against untrustworthy operators. We also need legal room for manoeuvre in the case of accusations of fraud of the kind that have recently emerged. However, the proposal to pull the carpet out from under the feet of the black market by providing legal gambling opportunities on the Internet undermines the subsidiarity principle. For this reason, I have abstained from voting."@en1
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