The European Union is thought to be ready to liberalize its online gambling industry. Most member-states of the EU have begun regulating the foreign online casino gambling sector and open its market to foreign online casino operators. For example, Belgium has lately showed a genuine interest to enact new legislation, which will adequately comprise online betting as well as provisions for private internet gaming and casino site operators.

Markets and Research has recently released a report concerning gambling situation in The EU. According to it, Belgium is the latest of European countries, which express a less defensive position on online casino and lottery monopolies run by the state, and shows more benevolence towards the internet gambling industry all together. Though some countries, such as Spain and Italy, have a way to go still, the stable progress is certain to be in liberalizing the gambling industry due to the pressure from the side of the EU.

After positive changes concerning online gambling in France and Ireland, Belgium has made a plan to bring in new online gambling legislation that will let the National Lottery go online, in fact. If this happens, the Belgium Federal Parliament wouldn’t have any choice except to open the country’s market to private operators. And according to some analysts, that could occur in 2009.

At the moment, it’d be hard to work out any updated online gambling legislation not including online betting provisions. It is the swiftest increasing area of the betting industry all over the world, and it is unsure to slow down in contrast to the land gambling industry. It’s worth adding that Belgium’s position on online poker and wagering are relatively tolerant.