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[Walter van Holst]

On 2013-05-26 17:14, Yves Quemener wrote:

> I don't think that there is a single country out there claiming 
> universal
> competence on gambling. Even most human rights violation don't have 
> that
> string attached. Even as a citizen of a country with different 
> gambling and
> arms laws, I can go to a casinos in Las Vegas, I can go to a gun show 
> or a
> shoot range without approval from the French government.

Ah, an armchair lawyer. Always lovely. I suggest you google "Antigua, 
gambling, WTO", or "gambling website blocking EU". In fact, the vast 
majority of industrialised countries consider their gambling laws as 
having some extraterritorial scope.

At the end of the day, if any client were to come to me (and yes, I do 
practice law) with the question on how to treat this my answer would be: 
"Go to gambling law experts in any and all jurisdictions you are going 
to be active in. And if that is too much of a hassle, restrict it to the 
ones you know about. My understanding of Dutch gambling laws allow me to 
give you an idea of the restrictions you will have to live with in case 
you don't want to have to apply for a permit. Feel free, and in this 
particular case I even urge you, to get a second opinion on this advice 
from someone well-versed in gambling law. Because I am a mere 
IT-contracts lawyer and not an expert in this particular field, let 
alone in foreign jurisdictions."

Anyway, I am done with this conversation.

Regards,

  Walter