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Rob van der Gaast Gaming Guru - Page 22German Premiere TV to Launch Betting Channe28 June 2005
Premiere, the German films, sports and porn Pay TV operator, says it will launch a complete betting channel in the fall.
The announcement comes four months after Premiere Austria and Austria-based Betandwin Group went public with an exclusive agreement through which the latter will provide live wagering services to the latter. ... (read more)
A Taxing Situation for BetandWin in Austria16 June 2005
The office of Vienna's public prosecutor says that Austria-based BetandWin should have been taxed on revenues generated by its offshore online gambling subsidiary. The office has confirmed with Austria Presse Agentur that it is investigating the company under suspicion of illegal levy on gambling tax. ... (read more)
Editorial - Confusion in Malta16 May 2005
In my research for a profile of Malta as an I-gaming jurisdiction (to be featured soon in IGN), I was hoping to publish a list of the remote gaming operators located there, but the Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) informed me that they could not provide one.
So I did some searching on my own, and I ... (read more)
Defining OPAP3 May 2005
Sometimes one reads information on this industry without understanding what it's all about. This happened to me recently when I read an article in the Reporter, which reported:
According to press reports, the Greek Court Council formed an opinion that OPAP is not a public company. This opinion was given after a request by OPAP. ... (read more)
'Dramatic Developments' on the German Front2 May 2005
After several months of action in the Dutch courts, the battlefield for the European cross-border gambling war appears to have shifted to Germany, at least for the moment. According to Martin Arendts, a German lawyer specializing in gambling, "Quite dramatic legal developments in Germany are on the ... (read more)
German Soccer Organizations Consider Entering Bookmaking Business27 April 2005
The German Soccer League (DFL) and the German Soccer Association (DFB) are planning to launch soccer betting products at the start of the 2006/07 season. The two organizations will ask members this week to sign off on their proposal to launch their own betting services.
In addition to seeking profits, the ... (read more)
It's All About the Speed20 April 2005
Nielsen//NetRatings' latest research indicates that more than 14 million Europeans (14 percent of those online from home) visited a gambling and/or sweepstakes site in February 2005.
According to the Internet research company, the gambling and sweepstake sites were most popular with French and Swedish ... (read more)
Gambling Left out of EU Services Directive19 April 2005
Evelyn Gebhardt, the German Socialist rapporteur for the Services Directive (SD) and a member of IMCO (European Parliament committee for the Internal Market and Consumer Protection), today proposed the amendments to the commission's Services Directive Commission in the European Parliament. The report ... (read more)
EBA Weighs in on Services Directive18 April 2005
The European Lotteries, the toto companies and those organizations licensed to operate games of chance for public benefit, organized a high-level conference last month in Brussels, on the impact of the European Commission's forthcoming Directive on Services (SD) in the internal E.U. market.
IGN recently ... (read more)
A Final Verdict for PAF?13 April 2005
The Finish Supreme Court ruled on Feb. 24 that the Internet gambling offering from the Slot Machine Association of Åland (PAF) is in violation of lottery laws in mainland Finland. The court referenced four key issues: marketing, the site's availability in the Finish language, PAF's involvement with Finnish banks and the use of personal data. ... (read more)
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