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Poland being a new country for the internet gambling industry, as the country is only getting broadband internet access, is raged with political scandals. Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister, has used the internet gambling industry as a scapegoat for the scandals trying to refocus negative attention on the internet gambling industry.

Donald Tusk is known to have launched an anti-gambling campaign so that the corruption problems were associated with Polish gambling companies directly, but not the Polish government. It needs to be mentioned that, indeed, there were a number of politicians (now they are fired) involved in the tax scandal rocking Poland, however the current situation seems to be not fair to the online casino and land gambling companies.

The leading financial newspaper The Financial Times concludes that the scenario for online gambling looks good, especially in Europe. The opinion of the newspaper is based on the interviews with some top executives in the online gaming industry whose optimism is based on the more open policies carried out by many governments and increasing penetration of broadband services, particularly in the countries where it is low now.

Significant changes in Europe will take place within the following two-three years and the growth is believed to be driven by the consolidation of operators in the online gaming industry.

Introduction of new technologies and products like real time betting, sports betting products and gambling through mobile phones is another reason for the growth of the online gambling industry.

However, according to The Financial Times, the USA and China may remain difficult sectors for online gambling.

Leaks of private information from online casinos are a major concern in the industry now.

Some people claim online casinos sell players’ information to outside parties. However, there is much information in the industry indicating that employees within online casinos download the information and sell it to the third parties while online casinos actually stay unaware of the leaks.
Players gambling online at some of the top online casinos and internet gambling sites are guaranteed that their personal information is secure. In this vew, with employees stealing this information and selling to the third parties the whole idea of security systems seems to be ironic.

So far, there seems to be no way out, but strict and proper regulations for the online casino gambling industry.

Casino Gran Madrid, a very prominent brand in the Spanish land gambling market, has announced to be launching their internet gambling site on Playtech gaming platform. With just a few sites operating on the Spanish market, Casino Gran Madrid’s site is sure to become very attractive for potential customers.

The games presented on the site are said to be fitting the unique Spanish culture.

Speaking about Playtech, it must be mentioned that the software developer has got an exclusive access to the Spanish market.

Online gambling sites’ users, as a new research study shows, don’t believe that their personal and private information is safe when conducting internet based transactions. The reason for that is the high rate of fraudulent activities.

There is an opinion that the only way to protect personal data is through the use of Information Cards. More and more online casinos are starting to use and accept them. The cards store all of the user’s personal info. The cards posess strong encryption methods with permission based transmission of information what means that only the intended parties will be able to access the cardholder’s personal data.

A responsible gambling site nowadays should practice responsible gaming measures to protect their gamblers what is considered to be a reflection of governments’ efforts they take not to have a nation of problem and underage gamblers.

Though the measures are taken by both governments and gambling sites, gamblers should be on the offensive as well while playing at the online casinos. And the more serious the gamblers are in regards to this problem, the less money loss they can undergo. Gamblers can easily identify the early signs of the developing problem and thus protect themselves and the loved ones.

The Australian government is considering internet censorship legislation. The major concern of the government is that citizens are not cautious in terms of surfing internet, securing home internet connection and sharing person data when online.

With the online casino industry developing, no wonder the gambling industry is watching the attempts of the Australian government to block not only pornography and other morally questionable online industries, but also lots of online casino sites. The list of the sites to be banned has expanded from 1,000 to approximately 10,000.

It must be noted that the Australian government is being watched by other countries all over the world, reporters and online industries, so that civil liberties of Australians are not infringed.

The question of control and regulation of internet sportsbetting throughout the EU has raised a debate.

The initial purpose of control is to protect gamblers, and the identity fraud has always been a big concern for gamblers. Some standards to handle the protection of personal and private data such as credit card details, addresses and phone numbers could be put in place. In addition to that the EU should also take control over match fixing and statistics.

The European Parliament is going to discuss this topic at the next session, however valid objections are expected.

Spanish gambling market seems to be very attractive for online casino operators, but because of the outdated regulations and legislation lots of the Internet gambling brands cannot enter it. The conference, Online Gambling in Spain – A Regulatory Update that is to take place on March 9th, is supposed to change the situation. The participants, top advisors, regulators and major gambling operators, will debate the issue and try to update Spain’s regulations and legislation.

The Technical Secretary General in Spain, Maria Angeles Gonzalez, assured that every person present at the conference will be briefed and updated on the changes expected to Spain’s online casino gambling and betting regulations. Gambling companies are looking forward to this conference, as the information provided there will let them better prepare for the upcoming changes in Spain’s gambling regulation.

It has become known that due to the ambiguity in the regulations, it will take more time (approximately a year) for the new Spanish regulations to come into effect.

Lots of questions have been raised at the conference for all major gambling brands operating in the country. The questions and regulatory changes will be forwarded to the companies for clarification, and that process is very important.

The process of clarification will deal with the taxation process. At the moment, the majority of the gambling companies pay taxes on Spanish gambling revenues to the UK and some other countries. The new regulations, namely the changes in the taxation process, will let Spain get more money into the state budget.