Europe's online sports gambling industry has been through some major changes recently, with one sweeping example being the changes in law and attitude of Poland's political leaders regarding gambling regulations. It is questionable whether the new Polish Gambling Act will be passed because it has not been approved by the European Commission yet, and they are likely to reject certain provisions contained within it.

Poland has moved slowly towards regulated online sports betting while outlawing all other forms of gambling in the country, including poker and casino games. If the new law were to be passed, the 12% turnover tax introduced for offline sports betting in 2010 would also be applied online, with all licensed operators required to operate from .pl domains, locate their data servers in Poland and run all financial transactions through banks registered in Poland.

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