Swiss Voters Overwhelmingly Choose to Legalize Online Gambling, But Block All Foreign Sites

guest · Jun 10, 2018

Swiss Voters Overwhelmingly Choose to Legalize Online Gambling, But Block All Foreign Sites
June 10, 2018
https://gizmodo.com/swiss-overwhelmingly-vote-to-legalize-gambling-but-blo-1826714461

Per the BBC, Swiss voters have overwhelmingly voted—well above rates suggested by early polling—a measure already approved in Parliament to legalize certified Swiss online casinos, but require internet access providers to block all foreign betting sites

Opponents said that the government could have instead offered incentives to companies that agree to be taxed [...] Additionally, they alleged that the referendum on the issue was being driven largely by big money from Swiss casinos, who stand to cash in big time from a prohibition on using the internet to place bets with their competitors.

Luzian Franzini, the head of the Greens’ youth wing, told AFP that the law sets a “very dangerous precedent” towards internet censorship and that there was a “generation gap” with lawmakers.

“They may not really have understood what this could do to the internet,” Franzini added.
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