欧盟通过在线赌博法

　　导言：欧盟下周将举行在线赌博听证会。从这个意义上说，欧盟研究规范在线赌博的行动仅次于美国。

　　网上赌博合法化和监管已经成为世界上最激烈的争论，特别是今年。除非你是生活在石器时代，否则你肯定知道，在今年4月，美国的在线赌博市场已经动摇了世界上整个网上赌博市场。美国政府对其境内的在线赌场进行了一次大搜查，并驱逐世界著名的在线赌场扑克之星和全速扑克推出美国市场，并导致全速扑克在夏季短短一个月后完全关闭，并完全脱离美国的在线赌场业务。自从美国整顿在线赌场行业后，在线赌场的行业形势变得更加艰难。

　　最让政府当局感到头痛的是在线扑克法律的完善。已经有多个国家的立法者开始考虑设立法律制度规范网上赌场。美国已经对规范该行业实行了重大政策，现在加强与欧盟的合作，以加快在线赌博行业的规范进程。

　　整个欧洲联盟对创建一个统一的网上赌博规范机构的呼声日高越来越高。但事实上，有一些官员批评这些做法是错误的。最极力反对的官员是英国旅游和文物部部长约翰彭罗斯。他似乎想在欧盟下周举办的在线赌博听证会上继续持反对态度。

　　欧洲议会将在本周表决是否在欧洲范围内创建一个统一的网上赌博调控机构。此草案是由克林斯曼Creutzmann起草拟写的。此草案将昭示，欧盟已经十分关注线赌博行业的法律问题。

　　据报道，该草案得到欧盟议会上许多成员的支持，包括业委会。 草案起草者克林斯曼Creutzmann已经表示，该草案旨在呼吁欧盟各个国家一起探讨研究及重视当前快速发展的在线赌博行业，但此草案并不强制要求各成员国家必须拟写相关的在线赌博行业法律条文。

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　　EU to Pass Online Gambling Law

　　After the US, the EU is now looking into regulating online gambling.Next week will a hearing will be held in this sense.

　　The online gambling legalization and regulation has been one of the most heated arguments in the world, especially this year. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the entirety of 2011, you would know that in April of this year, the online gambling world has been shaken to its core by the major US investigation that drove PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker out of the market （with Full Tilt being completely shut down for the summer just one month later）， and UB completely out of the business. From online poker sites to online bingo sites, the situation in this industry became harder in the US.

　　Since the online poker law troubles started, the lawmakers from multiple countries started to show interest in creating a proper regulation for online poker games, online casinos, bookmakers and other such online gambling sites. After the US has taken major steps toward regulating the industry, it now comes down to the European Union to step up and make laws that regulate online gambling.

　　There have been many calls for creating a harmonized online gambling regulation that spanned across the European Union. Despite the fact that some officials have criticized these calls （among these officials John Penrose, the minister of tourism and heritage of the UK, sticks out the most, as he highly opposed such laws），it seems like talks in this direction will continue.

　　The European Parliament will vote in the upcoming week in favor of a Europe-wide online gambling regulation. A draft was made by Juergen Creutzmann, and it beckons for the entire European Union to address online gambling laws and concerns in a unified manner.

　　The report received the support of many of the Parliament’s members, including the industry committee, when it was presented last month. Its author, Creutzmann, has declared that, while the report is an appeal for the countries to get together under this important purpose, it does not want to impose on the laws in the member countries.