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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