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Rob van der Gaast Gaming Guru - Page 15Eye on Europe - May 23, 200623 May 2006
SZDSZ & MSZP Pro Privy -- The Hungarian Liberal Party (SZDSZ ) wants to privatize the country's national lottery, Szerencsejatek Zrt. Gábor Kuncze, the chairman of this junior coalition party, is strongly in favor of market-based solutions to public services and cutting taxes (good liberals should do that), and he has put together a shortlist of the privatizations that includes the lottery. ... (read more)
Q & A: Juan Barrachina, AEDAPI15 May 2006
Juan Barrachina, a 39-year economist and Unibet's manager in Spain, is the founder and president of Española de Apostadores Deportivos por Internet (AEDAPI), the new Spanish Internet sports betting association.
He began learning about the gambling business in 1999 in Venezuela through his experience with several U.S.-facing offshore betting companies located in the Caribbean Basin. ... (read more)
Eye On Europe - May 12, 200612 May 2006
Better Late Than Never -- On May 10 IGN published an article on Italy's new policy prohibiting Internet service providers from carrying gambling sites. We had reactions from the European Betting Associations (EBA), the Gambling Authorities of Malta and Didier Dewyn of Unibet. We waited for more than four ... (read more)
Challenging Italy's I-Gaming Policy10 May 2006
The Italian Authority on State Monopolies (AAMS) has demanded that Italian Internet service providers prevent their customers from accessing betting Web sites, and the ISPs are fighting back.
The State Monopolies Authority, which was set up in 1928 by the Italian state to ensure the centralized management ... (read more)
Casinos de France: 'We're Not Scared'8 May 2006
IGN published an article on May 2 detailing the battle brewing in France between the Association of Modern Casinos and the country's lottery monopoly.
Belgium lawyers Thibault Verbiest and Evelyn Heffermehl from the law firm ULYS lodged a complaint with the European Commission's Directorate General for ... (read more)
Austria's Betting Show5 May 2006
May 3, 2006. This should be remembered as the day the first TV betting show was presented on Austrian television.
The show is broadcast via ProSieben Austria, Sat. 1 Austria and Kabel Eins Austria, all part of the ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG group, which broadcasts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. ... (read more)
Eye on Europe - May 5, 20065 May 2006
Sazka Recouping -- The Czech Republic Chamber of Deputies has decided that lottery companies can not refund the VAT. Nevertheless, Sazka, the largest lottery company in the Czech market and a member of the European Lotteries, still plans to ask for VAT refunding. If its request is turned down, it will go to court. ... (read more)
Tall Task: Taking on France's Lottery Monopoly2 May 2006
Like a mushroom, a very interesting legal case has popped up in France.
It happened in Paris during the March riots in France, and I wrote a small article on it. I discussed the matter with a legal analyst, who shrugged his shoulders and smiled a little. The association of modern casinos in France had ... (read more)
Groundwork Set for UK National Lottery Bidding1 May 2006
The U.K. National Lottery Commission today revealed the terms of the National Lottery's third licensing period.
The Commission's draft Invitation to Apply (ITA) sets out the near-final details of bidding process as well as clear guidance on the competition process, its requirements and evaluation criteria. ... (read more)
Eye on Europe - April 28, 200628 April 2006
Betting Show -- Starting May 3, the first real German-speaking TV betting show will air on ProSieben Austria, Sat 1 Österreich and Cable Eins Austria, all part of the German ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG group. The program will be formatted with an Internet platform. Full details will be given during a press presentation on May 2. ... (read more)
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