ONLINE gambling group Bwin.party said yesterday that blocks by Greek internet service providers would hit earnings this year. “In Greece, despite an outstanding infringement notice issued by the European Commission, ISP blocking since August 2013 has, in contravention of EU law, continued to restrict customers from accessing over 400 online gaming sites, including those of bwin.party” the company said yesterday in an interim management statement. [
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Today the
European Commission launched formal infringement proceedings against the online gambling legislation of 6 Member States and issued 2 ‘reasoned opinions’ against Sweden for failing to comply with EU law. This move follows repeated calls from the European Parliament for the Commission to act as the Guardian of the Treaties and significant legal clarifications by the
Court of Justice on how the Treaty applies to national gambling legislation. Similar decisions against other Member States are expected to follow. [
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