With major European countries such as the UK, Italy and Spain having changed their policies and embraced the regulation and legalisation of online gambling, other nations now appear to be following suit.

Moves by countries such as Belgium to police the online industry throws policies from countries such as France into stark relief.

The Belgian move would see events such as the country’s national lottery being able to organise online drawings, along with the removal of prohibitions surrounding online gambling as a whole, should proposed legislation receive the seal of approval.

Similar regulatory efforts are underway in the Ukraine, where gambling is set to be legitimised for the first time.

And even Kazakhstan, now never knowingly referenced without an accompanying comment about famous citizen Borat, is beginning to license its industry, with casinos and slot machines being opened in select regions.

Major developments in recent months have seen both the UK and Italy initiate gambling acts intended to police, rather than prohibit, the rapidly expanding online gaming industries.

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