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EGBA
Welcomes
Versailles
Ruling
January
27,
2008
Didier
Dewyn
has
asked
the
Court
of
Appeals
of
Versailles
to
stop
criminal
proceedings
that
had
been
brought
against
him
last
August.
Dewyn
is
the
ex-CEO
of a
gaming
company
that
was
licensed
in
Malta,
and
was
accused
to
operating
an
“illicit
lottery”
and
“clandestine
betting
on
horse
races.”
The
European
Gaming
and
Betting
Association
was
waiting
with
baited
breath
to
see
what
the
court
was
going
to
say
as
they
wanted
to
know
where
they
stood
in
regards
to
French
gaming
legislation.
The
court
asked
for
additional
information,
something
that
the
EGBA
finds
heartening.
They
say
that
the
burden
of
proof
is
on
the
French
now
to
justify
the
accusations.
As
betting
services
are
covered
by
the
European
Union
Treaty,
the
courts
decision
will
go a
long
way
in
the
online
gambling
world.
As
the
French
have
come
under
fire
for
their
policies
regarding
online
gambling,
this
will
open
the
door
in
many
ways
– as
well
as
showing
exactly
where
they
stand
on
the
matter
of
online
casinos.
The
EGBA
says
that
the
French
government
has
said
that
they
will
be
proposing
opening
their
market
to
the
online
gambling
community,
even
though
they
want
it
to
remain
controlled.
They
say
that
this
decision
from
the
courts
goes
a
long
way
to
making
that
actually
happen.
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