Hi daveymck,

This is correct. The operators are based in Offshore places, which is totally OK by the current law.

i dont understand this. i am in the UK. pokerstars is based somewhere else. so does the 15% tax apply to them on all rake taken from UK players?

or would it only apply if pokerstars was a UK firm?

yeah france has profits on revenue which is pretty absurd- its not segregated tho and neither will spain- has it been put on hold beyond june 31st now? Also as an eu citizen if i play in spain would i have to pay taxes? I assume no?

No the tax doesnt apply which is why they all stayed offshore when the legislation came into place. Same with all the bookies as well the online stuff is all based offshore to avoid taxation (although I think Betfair might be uk based). Not sure if they pay corporation tax on the offshore profits but susepct they dont.

Hi,

thank you for this thread.

Does anyone know if it is legal to play online poker in the Republic of Ireland (so it is not in the UK) on the .com poker rooms?

Are there any upcoming changes expected?

legal and taxfree afaik

What's with all the countries who didn't make the list?

Netherlands, Austria, Czech Republic. You got way smaller countries/markets covered.

If you call it Europe overview make it complete.

totally legal, no taxes- government has spoken on the general topic of offshore online gambling and how it is a problem, but don`t expect legislation for a few years, if ever. The fact there are a bunch of irish bookmakers based offshore mite help slow it down even more :P

Come on, the guy has put a lot of work into this. Make the suggestion to include the countries sure, but no need to be so critical - he doesn't owe you anything.

Im moving back to Argentina if Spain regulation happens this june.

fyp

Thank you very much for the research, where do you see the future of online poker in the EU according to research at PS ?

Here's an article indicating there is regulation, and about to be a crackdown in Serbia:
http://www.intergameonline.com/coin-...law-for-serbia

I find it interesting that Serbia (pop. 7 million) has regulation and is intent on enforcing it. Serbia has applied to the EU and is scheduled to receive candidate status (if it does not already have it).

This list is very wrong in many ways. For example, for UK it says that regulation expection in 2012. LOL. Just because 1 idiot mp says something, doesnt mean anything will happen. In fact, I would be shocked if anything happened.

It doesn't worry you that the HM Treasury is studying the issue? Isn't that the first step?

What else is incorrect on that sheet?