Danish gambling monopoly about to be dragged before the ECJ

The Danes seem to have found their own version of Barney Frank, the US Congressman doing such a good job in the fight to lift the US' Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).

Freddy Blak, a former member of the Danish Parliament has decided he is sick of waiting for the end of the Danish gambling monopoly called Danske Spil and is now taking the issue to the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

He is bound to find a lot of sympathy for his grievances at the ECJ which has been actively pursuing similar claims against the French, Swedish and Greek gambling monopolies.

Mr Blak believes the Danish Gambling Authority, which monitors Denske Spil, has actively disadvantaged European online gambling group Unibet in the Post Danmark Rundt cycle tour amongst other injustices.  He also points to the hypocrisy of the Danish government which takes a high-minded stance on problem gambling while at the same time extensively marketing Danske Spil.

Central to Mr Blak's concerns is the long-running nature of the case against Danske Spil which has been bogged down for nearly four years.
Online bingo is not a big part of the Danish gaming scene and Bingo Street was unable to confirm whether or not Mr Blak is person who play online bingo, but the demise of the Danish gambling monopoly would be seen in the free online bingo industry as a positive development.

Recent reports covering the Swedish gaming monopoly Svenska Spel's foray into online gaming has shown a sharp rise in interest in online bingo by Scandinavian online gamers.