Under current Dutch law, firms offering online gambling services in the nation must have a permit but all such activities are currently nationalised under the Holland Casino monopoly.

According to a report from the Telegraaf newspaper, the European Union has begun to look at Holland’s efforts and the nation could eventually end up before the European Court Of Justice.

“The European Commissioner has asked the appropriate services to start an investigation into the banking blockade,” said a spokesperson for Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Markets And Services.

“As far as we are aware, The Netherlands is the only country in Europe to do such a thing.”

A recent report from research agency Motivaction revealed that the Dutch are spending €450 million a year on Internet gambling, which is double what it spent four years ago. Motivaction reported that 485,000 Dutch players gambled online ‘regularly’ while the nation spent an average of €82 a month gambling over the Internet.

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In addition, the site’s Affiliate Manager, Shay Shevach, walked away with the Best Skill Gaming Affiliate Manager prize at the annual Awards, which were held at The Brewery on January 29.

”With an impressive exhibition from RummyRoyal.com at the ICE online casino gambling convention and the wins at the CAP Awards, it is easy to see that the online rummy network is growing and now boasts a market of its own separate from poker and other online games,” read a statement from RummyRoyal.com.

“With thousands of international players online in the RummyRoyal.com application at any given time and hundreds of players registering new accounts daily, the online gaming world has taken note of the rising demand for an online rummy platform and now recognises that RummyRoyal.com and the skilled gaming world are a force to be reckoned with.”

RummyRoyal.com is currently available in seven languages, English, French, Italian, Romanian, German, Spanish and Hebrew, and plans to launch services in Dutch, Greek, Turkish and Hungarian within the quarter.

“The launching of the different languages makes it possible for players from around the globe to compete against one another in their chosen language,” read a statement from RummyRoyal.com.

“The amazing graphics and easy-to-use multi-language tutorials make it accessible to a wide range of players, so take a look at this amazing application.”

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According to a report from ANP news service, a spokesperson for the Minster declined late last week to divulge how many sites could be prosecuted in the future.

Under Dutch law, firms offering online gambling services in the nation must have a permit but all such activities are currently nationalised under the Holland Casino monopoly.

In a letter to the House of Representatives, Ballin also warned banks that they would be breaking the law by servicing illegal gambling sites.

“We are talking about the bigger banks operating in The Netherlands,” said the Minister’s spokesperson.

The Minister’s protestations came after a report from research agency Motivaction revealed that the Dutch are spending €450 million a year on Internet gambling, which is double what they spent in 2005. Motivaction reported that 485,000 Dutch players stated that they gambled online ‘regularly’ while the nation spent an average of €82 a month gambling over the Internet.

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