Table 33: European regulatory framework analysis UK Gibraltar Belgium Italy Denmark France Permitted In-play betting In-play betting Online sports Pool betting All wagering, Sports betting. games and horse and fixed apart from Fixed-odds Fixed-odds Horse race race betting odds on horse and and and betting. are also sports and dog race allowed. horse wagering. Betting Betting racing. exchanges or exchanges or intermediaries intermediaries Blocking No No ISP blocking ISP blocking Payments ISP blocking measures requirements requirements blocking is Payments Server must be on website on website but not blocking located in blocking and blocking and yet in use. France Server must payment payment Server must be located in blocking. blocking. be located in Belgium Denmark DNS blocking Advertising Those that Advertising Advertising The Advertising restrictions advertise bans on of unlawful advertising of bans on remote gambling not gaming unlicensed gambling not gambling to licensed in activities is in licensed in consumers in Belgium. prohibited by Denmark is France. Britain general prohibited Prosecution Advertisements through a rules of and is of gaming should be British-facing advertising punishable by authorities if accompanied business rather than a fine they facilitate by a warning must be gaming (Section unlawful message licensed. regulation 59(2) of the gambling by against Act on allowing their Use of only gambling Gaming). licensees to an No addiction; ‘.it’.
Table 33: European regulatory framework analysis UK Gibraltar Belgium Italy Denmark France Permitted games In-play betting Fixed-odds and Betting exchanges or intermediaries In-play betting Fixed-odds and Betting exchanges or intermediaries Online sports and horse race betting are also allowed. Pool betting and fixed odds on sports and horse racing. All wagering, apart from horse and dog race wagering. Sports betting. Horse race betting. Blocking measures No requirements on website blocking and payment blocking. No requirements on website blocking and payment blocking. ISP blocking Payments blocking Server must be located in Belgium ISP blocking Payments blocking is but not yet in use. Server must be located in Denmark DNS blocking ISP blocking Server must be located in France Advertising restrictions Those that advertise remote gambling to consumers in Britain through a British-facing business must be licensed. Advertising bans on gambling not licensed in Belgium. Prosecution of gaming authorities if they facilitate unlawful gambling by allowing their licensees to Advertising of unlawful gaming activities is prohibited by general rules of advertising rather than gaming regulation Use of only an ‘.it’. No The advertising of unlicensed in Denmark is prohibited and is punishable by a fine (Section 59(2) of the Act on Gaming). Advertising bans on gambling not licensed in France. Advertisements should be accompanied by a warning message against gambling addiction;
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