Since 1 January, Poland has held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, setting the agenda for the first half of 2025 for the bloc and its economic union, in which it has chosen to raise the EU’s exposure to online gambling threats via the black market.
The EU’s growing exposure to illegal online gambling is viewed as an integrity and economic threat, with member states limited in binding solutions to arrest and prosecute black-market actors.
Poland calls on member states to view illegal online gambling as an EU-wide threat, which requires harmonised regulations and enforcement practices to combat illegal entities targeting EU consumers with no binding restrictions.
Poland has proposed the creation of a dedicated working group under the European Commission to tackle ill..
