By The Weekly Edge desk · · Updated
Ireland’s proposed negotiating document for the EU’s 2028–2034 budget excludes a proposed EU-wide online gambling tax, Focus Gaming News reported. The omission concerns the draft negotiating document.
The proposed negotiating document excludes an EU-wide online gambling tax from the draft budget negotiations.
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