peter

A list of online gambling news articles and analyses written by peter for GamingZion.
Gambling in Spain: free gambling market in practice (part1)

Gambling in Spain: free gambling market in practice (part1)

Peter March 6, 2017 02:50:58

The gambling law from 2011 regulating gambling in Spain, with all its deficiencies, proves to be a solid base for free gambling market development While many countries in Europe are closing their borders for foreign licensed operators, Spain is one of the rare countries in which the freedom of the market is to a great […]

Switzerland to block non-licensed gambling sites in the country

Switzerland to block non-licensed gambling sites in the country

Peter March 3, 2017 05:32:16

The official legislative bodies of Switzerland will only discuss in the future the taxation polices concerning domestic gambling sites A measure according to which non-licensed gambling sites in Switzerland will be blocked in future was yesterday voted by the Swiss parliament. For blocking the gambling sites without Swiss license will be responsible directly the internet […]

Gambling in the Czech Republic: ISP-blocking of sites without Czech license

Gambling in the Czech Republic: ISP-blocking of sites without Czech license

Peter March 2, 2017 03:10:07

The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic justifies ISP-blocking of unlicensed gambling sites in the country. The Czech Republic, one of the most developed gambling countries in the Central European region announced more restrictive laws in regard of online gambling. The Czech Constitutional Court has decided that blocking of unlicensed gambling sites is in compliance […]

European gambling market perspectives: gambling in Sweden (part2)

European gambling market perspectives: gambling in Sweden (part2)

Peter February 28, 2017 16:52:49

The Swedish gambling industry has made a considerable growth in the past 2 year creating one of the most profitable European gambling markets Beside the gambling monopolies in Europe to which GamingZion has written in some details since the past months, there are countries whose gambling environment is characterized by a licensing system in which […]

European gambling market perspectives: gambling in Sweden (part1)

European gambling market perspectives: gambling in Sweden (part1)

Peter February 27, 2017 17:13:01

The Swedish gambling industry has made a considerable growth in the past 2 year creating one of the most profitable European gambling markets The Swedish gambling market is one of the European gambling markets that made huge progress in the past three years, beside the economic crisis that shook Europe and the world in general. […]

Gambling monopolies in the EU: the case of Poland (Part 2)

Gambling monopolies in the EU: the case of Poland (Part 2)

Peter February 22, 2017 04:04:21

The gambling laws in Poland 2017 are one of the most discouraging in the European Union concerning foreign investments in the online gambling sphere.   In our previous article on the gambling monopolies in Europe GamingZion has already pointed out to the specificity of the Polish gambling sphere, the basic statistics related to the Polish […]

Gambling monopolies in the EU: the case of Poland (Part 1)

Gambling monopolies in the EU: the case of Poland (Part 1)

Peter February 20, 2017 01:07:04

Poland’s gambling legislative is one of the most discouraging in the European Union concerning foreign investments in the online gambling sphere. The recent economic crisis in Europe opened the possibilities for states to intervene in their economy in the best way they could in order to save entire economic sectors. The ways they intervened on […]

Foreign gambling sites in Russia: blocked!

Foreign gambling sites in Russia: blocked!

Peter February 15, 2017 17:50:40

The Russian Government sends clear signals: paying to foreign gambling sites in Russia will be actively prevented. The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation made it official that during past Friday they have issued a draft of a new law whose aim will be to prevent any kind of transactions from the country to […]

Top gambling countries: which are the biggest gambling nations in Europe?

Top gambling countries: which are the biggest gambling nations in Europe?

Peter February 15, 2017 17:43:40

The French casino market places this European country among the top gambling countries in the world The recent economic crises made it extremely difficult to find some reliable numbers about the development of the casino industry in past two years. However, many studies were conducted on global gaming which show more or less similar results […]

Gambling monopolies in the EU: the case of Finland

Gambling monopolies in the EU: the case of Finland

Peter February 14, 2017 04:11:32

The monopoly on the slot machines in Finland is one of the most profitable gambling monopolies in EU in this gambling aspect Although from September 2013, the European Parliament voted a “Resolution on Online Gambling in the Internet Market” which aimed at establishing free gambling market across the European Union members, many countries are still […]