Calvin Ayre – Tony G has been elected as a member of European Parliament, after his pro-European Liberal Party won two seats, with the PokerNews founder holding most of the votes. It’s believed that over 400 million people voted in the 8th parliamentary elections to be held, since polling began back in 1979, and Tony G will now serve a five-year term that almost certainly puts him out of the poker frame for the foreseeable future. “Today, we made history in Lithuanian politics,” Tony G told the associated press, “For the first time Liberals have won two seats in the…

iGaming Business – Online gambling trade organisation the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) is “disappointed” at the European Parliament’s decision to single out internet gambling in a new Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD). The European Parliament recently announced that it would adopt amendments to the European Commission’s proposal for a new AMLD. While the RGA said it “strongly supports” the objectives of the Directive, it is disappointed that online gambling has been identify as the one form of gambling where due diligence measures might have to be applied to all customers as soon as a business relationship is established. The association said…

European Lotteries welcomed the publication of a report into online gambling that was adopted by the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection committee, saying that it has seen the European Parliament take ‘a strong stance on the need for measures to fight illegal operators’.  “We commend the European Parliament for its clear position on the need for member states to remain in the driver seat,” said Friedrich Stickler, President for European Lotteries. European Lotteries is now urging the European Commission to include these measures in its recommendations on consumer protection and advertising. “We commend the European Parliament for its…