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Right2Bet offers direct line to Parliament

16 November 2009

(PRESS RELEASE) -- This week's right2bet update focuses on the campaign's latest addition, where you can write directly to your M.E.P in support of the campaign. The petition, which hopes to be among the first of many under the citizens' initiative section of the Lisbon treaty, aims to push the issue of gambling industry deregulation into the debating chambers of the E.U.

The subject is a very hot topic on the European Mainland currently, with several Polish politicians having been forced out of office for alleged corruption, a Dutch Subaru employee found to have been defrauding his employers to fund trips to Holland Casino, the Portuguese football league fighting a ban on betting sponsorship, and the formation of a new German Cabinet (consisting of both vehemently pro and anti-liberalisation supporters).

The Right2bet charity betting challenge also continues, with the featured match this weekend the French World Cup Qualifying victory over Ireland. The challenge hammers home the message that State operators are far behind their commercial competition in terms of value (with this week's example offering a full third difference), whilst offering the proceeds to charity.

Of course, the Right2bet site also features all the usual news and views, from the 'poetry corner' to the latest on the campaign trail and, of course, the Right2bet petition. Check it out at www.right2bet.net .