This time the venue is the historical setting of Fitzpatrick Castle and is all happening from the 5th to the 7th November in Dublin. This year has seen PKF organising another successful conference in Munich on the possible effects resulting from a de-regulation of the German market.
This year has witnessed a lot of turbulence resulting in the issue of conflicting state regulations. On the positive side we notice that the Italian government has finally seen the light and stopped its blockage of all foreign betting sites which were so far declared illegal.
Starting from next year, any Italian citizen will be able to enter the European market provided the site is fully licensed. Applications for tenders were issued this month for a number of betting licences .These cater for a wide concertina of games, horse betting ,poker and other games of chance incorporating remote skill games. The deadline for submission of applications closed last week but it has been renewed for a further period. Thus at a stroke AAMS, the State monopoly will stand to gain a 3% tax on any foreign operators entering the market.
This ‘u' turns of the Prodi government contrasts starkly with the prohibitionist attitude taken by the outgoing Berlusconi regime which permitted AAMA to dominate the internal market. A company that was hit by the Italian blockage is Chartwell which is listed on the Toronto stock exchange. This is a premium quality software provider to a number of European licensees. As quoted Chartwell stated that controversial legislation introduced by the Italian government has limited access to the Italian market for a number of its licensees. Now it seems that the penny has dropped and the Italians are set to start liberalising their internal market.
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