On 20 June 2021, on the occasion of the event organized by the "Confederadion Empresarios del Juego - COFAR" (the Spanish Confederation of the Game), most of the national regulators of the online games in Europe pointed out the difficulties caused by national differences of regulation.

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What emerges from this event which brought together both operators and regulators (even if one observes that it is to meet with continental Europe rather than the whole of Europe), it is one and the others do not seek the same things, and they may yet fall agree on proper techniques for different purposes.

Thus, Mr Jean-François Vilotte, President of the " Autorité française de régulation des jeux en ligne " (ARJEL — French Online gambling regulatory authority) noted that the regulation of this sector must be strong because it is only intended to competition. It noted that the establishment of a "common market of online games" is not programmed, as since each country developed its own regulation, but that the European coordination of national regulators is desirable, even if the divergence between these regulations makes it difficult.

Operators have also pointed out the opportunity that would be for them the establishment of a genuine European market of online game that does not really exist because of this fragmentation of the regulations in Europe. Thus, the positions are different because the desired objects are different: a competitive market desired by operators; a regulated market desired by regulators.

Yet, the way to obtain one and the other is the same: the domain name. Indeed, if it comes to that all players have the same domain name ".eu", then this would allow better monitoring of the game sector, monitoring of players against their own weaknesses (regulation) and would be a better establishment of a single market in Europe (competition). This is why everyone was in agreement to plead or the adoption of such an instrument in the games online in Europe.