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Rob van der Gaast Gaming Guru - Page 17EC to Scrutinize Gambling Laws of Seven EU States5 April 2006
The long-awaited decision of the European Commission to send official requests for information on national legislation restricting the supply of sports betting services to seven member states came down Tuesday.
The Commission wishes to determine whether the measures in question are compatible with Article 49 of the EC Treaty, which guarantees the free movement of services. ... (read more)
German Sportsbetting: Back to the Stone Age30 March 2006
The verdict in the German State monopoly case on sports betting has created one big legal turmoil, and it reminds me of the Gambelli case. There also the two main interest groups (European Lotteries/State monopolies and the rivaling crossborder online operators/EBA&RGA) both proclaimed victory. This 24-page verdict of the Bundesverfassungsgericht, the German constitutional court, is like déjà vu. ... (read more)
Match Fixing: Good Excuse28 March 2006
The recent alleged match-fixing scandal in the first and second Belgium soccer league has caused the Belgium National Lottery (NL) to abandon its plan to reintroduce sports betting.
That's what they say at least.
The bad publicity and the handling of the cross border (China, Belgium, The Netherlands, ... (read more)
The Winner: German State Monopolies28 March 2006
"The German Free State Bavarian (Bayern) betting monopoly for sports betting is not consistent with the constitution on the freedom of profession." So reads the first sentence of a controversial verdict that was delivered today by a German constitutional court.
The court decision states further that the ... (read more)
Eye on Europe - March 24, 200624 March 2006
Fin Win -- Finish monopolist Veikkaus, one of the first Internet operators in Europe, had a turnover of 1,315.8 million euro in 2005. Web sales went up to 160 million euro, which is over twelve percent of Veikkaus' entire turnover. The Finnish operator returned 456.5 million euro (+1.8%) to the Finnish ... (read more)
Eye on Europe20 March 2006
Exit? -- For people who can not get enough, here follows the latest (and last?) news from the Romanian Lottery: The Ministry of Finance, by now you should know his household name, Sebastian Vladescu, has dismissed the lottery's president, Nicolae Cristea, who is also member of the European Lotteries executive committee and finance and organization commissioner. ... (read more)
Q & A: Wulf Hambach, Hambach & Hambach13 March 2006
The biggest European market, Germany, has become the test center for new legal developments in the gambling industry, and many lawyers are dedicated full-time to the situation. One of them is 30-year-old Wulf Hambach, who along with his brother, Claus, 32, runs the law firm, Hambach & Hambach.
Wulf ... (read more)
Eye on Europe - March 10, 200610 March 2006
Well Informed -- The Guardian reported this week, that the European Commission is set to block attempts by the government to transfer the UK Tote to a trust run by the racing industry. A final decision is expected in six weeks, but government sources and Tote executives have admitted that the sell-off plan is in serious trouble. ... (read more)
Episodic Privatization of Romania's National Lottery - A Literature Study9 March 2006
It all started on Dec. 28, 2005. Dow Jones Newswire reported that the Romanian government has passed legislation to partly privatize the country's national lottery by offering shares in the company to people whose property was confiscated by the former Communist regime.
Twenty percent of the National ... (read more)
A Decisive Verdict for German Sports Betting?7 March 2006
The press department for the Bundesverfassungsgericht (the First Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Germany) has announced that the verdict in the decisive sports betting case regarding the German sports betting monopoly will be announced on March 28.
The plaintiff, Irene ... (read more)
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