European Act on digital services to be revolution for online gambling

The UN Global Network report published on 31 May points to the need for further legislative changes in the gambling industry regulations, both in Poland and in Europe. The authors of the report underline that the Digital Services Act (DSA) may significantly change the shape of this industry.

"The aim of implementing the DSA is to create safer cyberspace, protecting European consumers from illegal online products, as well as respecting the law and protecting against illegal online gambling. As a company that operates globally, we know that where the market is well regulated, enforcement rules help to combat the gray market in gambling," Charmaine Hogan, Head Of Regulatory Affairs at Playtech, the gambling industry's leading platform and technology provider in over 30 regulated markets, said.

The DSA is also expected to introduce a number of obligations and mechanisms aimed at combating illegal online content, with procedures governing the process of identifying such data to lead to its efficient detection and removal or blocking access to it. Ultimately, the regulations are expected to reduce users' exposure to an illegal content, which would be a major blow to gray market gambling operators.

The regulations are also intended to regulate the nature of Internet advertising that may mislead customers or promote content circumventing the law, which illegal gambling service operators are eager to use. 

(WBJ)