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Rob van der Gaast Gaming Guru - Page 26Q & A: Tjeerd Veenstra, De Lotto1 June 2004
De Lotto's Tjeerd Veenstra, the man who started the crusade to block foreign I-betting companies from offering their services in the Netherlands, has a winning streak of five court cases. It could become six tomorrow, if the long awaited verdict in the Ladbrokes/De Lotto case isn't postponed for a fifth ... (read more)
Pushing the Interactive Button30 April 2004
British consumers are growing more and more comfortable with interactive television betting services, and all of the country's national digital broadcasters--BBC, Channel4, ITV and Sky--are involved in one way or another with betting ventures. Clearly, iTV betting has arrived and is hear to stay.
Sky ... (read more)
The Premiere of German Pay TV Betting19 April 2004
Premiere, the German pay TV operator, is planning to launch a special interactive channel that could go on the air in Germany as early as this autumn.
The new channel will offer 24/7 "play and win" programming. Betting, especially sports betting, will be a key component. Additionally, Premiere CEO and ... (read more)
Danish Gambling Law Violates EU Legislation?8 March 2004
Freddy Blak, who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1989, found that the Danish gambling law is in direct violation of the EU legislation.
Therefore he urged the Danish Government to amend the law in a way that would make it in line with EU legislation.
Since the beginning of 2003, ... (read more)
German Courts Rule in Favor of Cross-Border Betting1 March 2004
Recent court rulings in the Netherlands and Scandinavia have strengthened the notion that the Gambelli verdict does not open European member states up to cross-border gambling, but a pair of new cases in Germany might indicate otherwise.
In the first case, the District Court (Landgericht) of Munich ruled on Oct. ... (read more)
Embracing Prepaid Cards16 February 2004
One-third of all German and Austrian Internet users is interested in sports betting and games of chances and has played via Internet.
According to the online research conducted by Germany-based Marketagent.com, which interviewed 1,397 persons in Austria and Germany, payment security is a chief concern for the players. ... (read more)
Dutch Court Rules against Betfair13 February 2004
A Dutch court ruled yesterday that online betting exchange Betfair is operating illegally in the Netherlands. Dutch De Lotto, the sports betting monopoly and exclusive rights holder for Internet gambling in the Netherlands, subpoenaed the international, U.K.-based betting exchange.
The judge held the opinion that Betfair is responsible for the betting on its Web site. ... (read more)
Pan-European Lottery to Launch Friday9 February 2004
The first draw of the weekly multinational EuroMillions lottery, a joint venture between Camelot, La Française des Jeux of France and LoterÃas y Apuestas del Estado of Spain, will take place this Friday.
The inaugural draw will be shown on Sky One, Rupert Murdoch's British commercial television network, with which Camelot already has a relationship. ... (read more)
Huge Expectations for Mobile Gambling3 February 2004
A new report from Juniper Research predicts that mobile gambling will be a $16.6 billion business by 2008. Growth, Juniper reports, will be driven by the mass market appeal of lotteries, the rise of low value-high volume sports bets and a dedicated band of casino players who, while relatively small in ... (read more)
No New Media Rights Deal yet for attheraces26 January 2004
A dispute over betting revenues has left British betting consortium attheraces plc trying to renegotiate its U.K. media rights agreement. A Thursday deadline for reaching a new agreement came and went with no new deal.
attheraces, a joint venture between Channel 4 Television, BskyB and Arena Leisure Plc, ... (read more)
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