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Big future for Italian gambling market

 April 18, 2007, 9:30 pm (1 year ago)
A report that was titled “The Italian Gambling Market- A forerunner in the Liberalization of European Gambling Markets”, the research group that goes by the name MECN has now predicted that the Italian gambling market is now set to actually achieve what is known as a sixty four percent growth rate that is culminating in revenues that are worth sixty one billion in EURO by the year of 2010.
It is known for describing the Italian region as one of the most promising online and also land gambling markets, the reports also claims that Italy has also become a top priority for international operators that are looking for both online and also offline opportunities while the further liberalization that is expected in the future.
The report states as the background to the study “after the decision of the European Court of Justice in the Placanica case and the recent tender that allowed online and land based gambling operators to enter the Italian market, all eyes are now turning to Italy and its role in the liberalization of European gambling markets”, which actually analyzes the Italian gambling market in a very good detail and also includes the results of a survey that MECN also conducted among more than seventy important international operators.
This particular study actually identifies several individual reasons why Italy is perceived as so attractive. They are listed below for your reference.
1) In the near future another phase of liberalization is expected- two thirds of the experts that were surveyed expect another phase of liberalization in the near future that will also go even further than the steps that are planned for the year of 2007.
2) The growing relevance of foreign operators- it is believed that a vast majority of the experts believed that by the year of 2010, that the international operators known as Ladbrokes and also Intralot will also capture a relevant share of the gambling market.
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