Polish Ski Town to be Fined For Advertizing Online Gambling
Polish laws regarding internet gambling are in a state of flux as they are in many countries throughout eastern Europe. In Poland online gambling is unregulated and there are no Polish internet gambling sites running right now because the government is not in a position to licence operators yet. In fact, the government in Poland has established a ban on offshore online gambling sites although the ban is loosely enforced. Polish people like to gamble online regularly. The Polish government has recently come to the conclusion that there is money to be made be regulating online gambling so they are looking into a regulatory platform for licensing in the country. Polish land based casinos are also pushing for the right to offer their services on the internet. It a dramatic turn of events deep in the Tatra Mountains, in a town called Zakopane, arguably the largest ski resort in Poland the country’s winter capital is facing heavy fines from the Polish Customs Chamber for recently advertising a French online sportsbook called “Bet-at-home”. During the recent FIS Ski Jumping World Cup events, being held in Zakopane on the 22nd and 23rd of January, the “Bet-at-home” name and logo appeared on contestants' uniforms as well as on banners hung around the Wielka Krokiew ski jumping venue. The Cusatoms Chamber is trying to uphold new laws implemented on the first of January 2010 making advertising of online gambling interests illegal. Zakopane now faces a fine as high as 1.2 million zloty or 300,000 euro. The Tatra Skiing Association is arguing that the advertising contract with the French gambling company was signed before the law changed, while Bet-at-home is arguing that Poland’s new gambling laws violate EU free trade standards. This move by the Polish government is a clear violation of E.U. rules for free trade between members and will most likely end up in the European Commission's court, where Poland may be fined for it's restrictive actions.
The organizer of the World Cup events in Zakopane, Lech Nadarkiewicz, said, “If we pay the fine, not only won’t the World Cup bring any profit, but it will make losses,”
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