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IRELAND
Regulated Gambling Products : Online gaming is not specifically accounted for in Ireland ’ s outdated legislation and as such is currently unregulated . Operator Type : Online betting regulated since August 2015 . Status : Ireland is currently updating its legislation , which will create a comprehensive igaming regime and payment restrictions . Although substantive developments were expected in 2017 , the bill has not yet been tabled before the Irish legislature . The Betting ( Amendment ) Act 2015 requires remote bookmakers to hold a licence and pay a 1 % turnover-based duty .
ITALY
Regulated Gambling Products : Sports betting , horse race betting , poker , casino , bingo and lottery . Operator Type : Fully regulated market . Status : The Stability Law 2016 , passed in December 2015 , introduces various measures affecting the remote gambling industry , including tax changes and tighter advertising rules . The law also provides for the award of 120 new online gaming licences ( lasting for six years ), although 40 of those will likely be issued to existing licensees whose licences expired last year . On 10 January , 2018 , the Italian authorities published a call for tender for the allocation of the new licences . The deadline for applications is 19 March , 2018 .
LUXEMBOURG
Regulated Gambling Products : Lottery . Operator Type : Monopoly . Status : The general prohibition on gambling appears sufficiently wide to cover all forms of online gambling .
MALTA
Regulated Gambling Products : Sports betting , horse race betting , poker , casino , bingo and lottery . Operator Type : Private operators can apply for a local licence ( save for lottery products ). Status : Following an announcement by the Malta Gaming Authority in 2015 that it was to modernise its online gambling rules , Malta published a white paper in 2017 proposing widespread reforms to its regulatory framework on gambling . The white paper seeks to replace the licensing system with two types of licence only ( B2B and B2C ). Subject to parliamentary approval , it looks likely that the new Gaming Act will come into force on 1 July , 2018 .
NETHERLANDS
Regulated Gambling Products : Sports betting , horse race betting , poker , casino , bingo and lottery . Operator Type : Monopoly for all products . Status : The Dutch Lower House approved the Online Gambling Bill in mid-2016 , which will introduce an online gambling licensing regime in the Netherlands . The legislation will impose a 29 % GGR tax on both online and land-based operators . The bill still requires approval from the Senate and licensing is not expected to commence until at least 2019 . In the interim , the regulator continues to implement enforcement measures against operators targeting Dutch players and has announced that , as of 1 June , 2017 , it would expand its approach to enforcement to pursue any operators who are “ specifically and unequivocally ” targeting the Dutch market . The regulator has published a list of factors that it considers to indicate ‘ targeting ’, but expressly states that the list is non-exhaustive .
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