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Rob van der Gaast Gaming Guru - Page 16Big Changes in Store for Turkey26 April 2006
Turkey's proposed Games of Chance bill aims to significantly change the landscape for the country's gambling operators.
For starters, it finally looks like the privatization process of the Turkish National Lottery is starting to move.
Milli Piyango, established in 1939, has for years been on a short list to be privatized, but the target date has been continuously delayed. ... (read more)
A First Glance at the Swiss Institute Report24 April 2006
After 12 months of research, the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law today released the draft report of its "Study of Gambling Services in the Internal Market of the European Union."
The massive legal and economic study, prepared for use within the European Commission, spans 1,498 pages. (The executive ... (read more)
Eye on Europe - April 22, 200622 April 2006
Tjeerd Does It Again -- Tjeerd Veenstra, the director of Dutch De Lotto and the readiness-for-battle crusader against international Internet sports betting operators, can add another legal victory to his prizewinner's list. This time, again, it was a verdict of the Supreme Court. The procedure began in 2002, when De Lotto started summary proceedings versus some 50 Internet operators. ... (read more)
Q & A: Paddy Whur21 April 2006
Forty-year-old English lawyer Paddy Whur has provided the Greece Cyprus government with a new gambling law. Specialized in betting, gaming and liquor licensing, as well as regulation, Whur got his education at Wolverhampton University and Chester Law School. After that he worked at Gosschalks, at ... (read more)
Editorial: Cracks in EL Bulwark20 April 2006
With membership spanning from Israel to Russia and from Iceland to Kazakhstan, the European Lotteries (EL), have for years and years accepted more members. As an influential, powerful group, it has been successful in defending its members' monopoly positions, and in doing so has prevented the introduction of ... (read more)
Landmark EU Gambling Study to Be Released17 April 2006
The long-awaited "Study of Gambling Services in the EU Internal Market" will finally see the light of day.
The Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, together with the University of Salford 's Centre for the Study of Gambling, have executed the survey for the European Commission. The Draft Report will become ... (read more)
Eye on Europe - April 1414 April 2006
German Betting Market -- Just two weeks after the verdict concerning sports betting, where the highest German court decided that the Oddset state monopolies should scale back its activities, Burda announced the launch of commercial new betting operations in the country. Hubert Burda, an international ... (read more)
Preparing for Privatization in Turkey13 April 2006
Socrates Kokkalis has spoken.
The Greek magnate, chairman of both Greek betting company Intralot and Greek telecommunications giant Intracom, has his mind set on obtaining the Turkish National Lottery, Milli Piyango, and has assembled a Dream Team for transitioning the lottery into the 21st ... (read more)
Q & A: European Betting Association12 April 2006
Didier Dewyn and Torbjörn Ihre together (along with office manager Els De Witte) man the Brussels-based offices of the European Betting Association (EBA), the lobbying group for eight leading EU sports betting companies: Primebet, Unite, Intertops, Betandwin, Interwoven, Globet, Digit, Carmen, Digit, Wettenleip and Betbull.
... (read more)
Eye on Europe - April 55 April 2006
Party Time for Lawyers -- -- The very first practical consequences of the German sports betting verdict of the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe has already popped up. The free state of Bayern (Bavaria) will obstruct all the advertising of private sports betting operators, and illegal betting shops will be closed. ... (read more)
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