However, Mr Harbour stressed the importance of giving people the right to choose: "We must also respect our citizens and the fact that many of them want to access online gambling" so "it can't be right to ban online gambling with a company from outside your own country".
Viņa teica, ka "dalībvalstīm nedrīkst uzspiest tirgus atvēršanu, ja tās spēj nodrošināt stingru un efektīvu kontroli."