Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Big time online gambling owner arrested

The arrest of French online gambling owner gave quite a scare to online gambling operators. Petter Nyllander, owner of Unibet, was arrested approximately two weeks ago for breach of French laws. laws which are unspecified as of press time. What message does this send to the online gambling world?

Online gambling in the European Union has been under a lot of changes. Trade leaders are becoming more open and embracing of the online gambling practices. But then again, even with more merchants plunging into the online gambling scene, the watchful eyes of the authorities are always open. The laws that govern online gambling are still quite vague, even with the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. That's why an online gambling owner is still pretty much in the dark on what to do.

There are different laws for online gambling in every country. Even in the U.S., every state still has different takes on online gambling. What an online gambling owner can do is to always keep abreast of the latest developments so that they'll know the things that they can and can't do.

Know more about the details of this arrest by reading the article in its entirety:

French online gambling mogul arrested

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