Gamblers left out of the Consumer Rights Directive by the EU

According to a press release by the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) that represents the world’s largest licensed and stock market-listed remote gambling companies, gamblers have been left out of from an agreement reached between the EU institutions on the final text of the Consumer Rights Directive, which laid down general requirements for businesses in their contracts with consumers. RGA regrets that certain Member States of the European Union interested in protecting their own gambling monopolies succeeded in excluding gambling from the general scope of the Directive which would have given gamblers additional protection.

Clive Hawkswood, Chief Executive of the RGA, said:

We are truly disappointed by the exclusion of gambling from the scope of the Consumer Rights Directive, which shows, once again, that some Member States will do anything to protect their own gambling monopolies, also at the expense of consumers. It is particularly disturbing that the same parties that falsely accuse the European private-sector online gambling industry of not wanting regulation actually do their utmost to avoid any EU obligation.