Yves Bot, an advocate-general at the European Court of Justice said that the Netherlands can take any measures necessary in order to protect consumers against gambling addiction. For that purpose, a country can offer a betting license to a single operator, in this case being the betting operator De Lotto.

He continued by saying that member states do not have to recognize gambling licenses which operators have obtained in other European Union countries.

Opinions made by advocate-generals at the European Court of Justice are not binding, but they are followed in the majority of the cases.

A spokesperson for London based Betfair declined to comment and a Ladbrokes representative said they would be issuing a statement later on. Officials at the Dutch Ministry of Justice had no comment.

The European Court usually rules within six months after an opinion by an advocate general.

Officials at Betfair, one of the largest online casino operators, are saying the company is altering its direction by approaching global areas regionally and catering strategies for the specific needs and laws of that country or area. New Chief Technical Officer Tim McAlister, who joined the company in January, says the concentration at Betfair will be less on the core product and more on tailoring individual products for different needs.

“We are calling it a jurisdictional architecture; to be able to deliver (products) where they are legal but only the pieces that are legal,” McAlister told Silicon.com in an interview. “In one country, we can do poker but not horse racing, and in another country, casinos but not poker.”

McAlister says Betfair’s success allows implementation of the new plan. Technical teams will be hired around the globe, each working on their individual modular approach, as overseen my McAlister’s group controlling the Betfair network.

“We are moving to a more agile methodology because we are looking at building smaller components and integrating them,” he stated.

Upcoming events make alterations an urgent process. The looming World Cup of 2010 promises to be the biggest online sports betting event ever, and Betfair will suspend core changes before and during the tournament to ensure reliability of the system.

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