Yeah it's my first post here, sorry about that but I don't see why it should detract from the content of the petition.
I'm glad that you're happy with European gambling law at the moment but I'm definitely not. I don't see why it is that I can't place bets with bookies operating in certain countries, or that when I'm abroad on holiday in some EU Member States I can't bet with my usual bookies there. What's all that about? It's because EU governments protect their own gambling sectors - some of them state monopolies - when they shouldn't be allowed to under EU law. I don't see why other industries should be subject to free trade (which involves painful dislocation for some people) but gambling shouldn't, just because some governments want to line their pockets. No, I'm not happy with getting crappier odds and being denied my right to choose where I bet - and that's what the petition is all about.
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