Online gambling: Commission recommends principles to ensure effective protection of consumers
The European Commission has today adopted a Recommendation on online gambling services. It encourages Member States to pursue a high level of protection for consumers, players and minors through the adoption of principles for online gambling services and for responsible advertising and sponsorship of those services. The aims of the principles are to safeguard health and to minimise the eventual economic harm that may result from compulsive or excessive gambling.
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"Today's Recommendation delivers one of the core elements of the Commission's 2012 action plan on online gambling services” said Vice-President Michel Barnier, responsible for Internal Market and Services. "We must better protect all citizens, and in particular our children, from the risks associated with gambling. We now look to the Member States, but also to online gambling operators, to match our ambition for a high level of consumer protection throughout the EU in this fast growing digital sector."