Speaking at Gaming in Holland, the company’s Chief Online Betting and Gaming Officer, Pascal Chaffard, said that while he understands the political logic behind the proposals, any changes must be ‘founded in evidence’.
He said: “Targeted restrictions tied to compliance standards would achieve the same consumer protection goal without driving players to the unrelegated market where there is no protection at all.
“The paradox we are faced with is that Europe’s most consumer protection-conscious markets, through their own set of measures, does the most damage to consumer protection.
“Every restrictive measure aimed at licensed operators that does not simultaneously address illegal operators makes the problem worse. The advertising ban, as currently proposed, risks accelerating the risk shift to illegal operators that ever..