EGBA - European Gaming and Betting Association

Press Releases

First ICT industry wide principles to enhance online safety for children

19/01/2012: The EGBA welcomes the launch today of the first industry-led Europe-wide principles to enhance online safety for children by the ICT Coalition for a Safer Internet.

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Remote gambling industry challenges Greek protectionist law

28/11/2011: The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) and the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) have today filed a complaint with the European Commission regarding the recently adopted Greek online gambling law. The complaint details a range of non-EU compliant barriers to new market entrants and requests that the Commission, as guardian of the EU Treaties, address this as a matter of urgency.

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Online gambling: European Parliament calls on Commission for hard EU action

15/11/2011: Today’s EP vote represents a positive shift in its position to embrace a common approach towards online gambling and also echoes EGBA’s calls to the Commission to pursue infringement cases against national regimes that are not compliant with EU law

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Doping remains greatest threat to sports integrity

10/11/2011: A report published today and produced by Coventry University’s International Centre for the Business of Sport (CIBS) finds that corruption in sport remains dominated by doping, equating to nearly 96% of cases, followed by betting and non-betting related match-fixing with less than 3% and the misuse of inside information at around 1.5%.

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Gambling: AG states that prohibition of cross border gambling is against the Treaty

27/10/2011: Today Advocate General Cruz Villalón issued his opinion in the joined Costa and Cifone cases regarding the access of the British gambling operator Stanleybet to Italian licenses (Cases C-72/10 and C-77/10).

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Online gambling: Competitive tax rate for online gambling is compatible with EU State aid rules

20/09/2011: In a landmark decision adopted today, the European Commission confirms that Member States are entitled under EU state aid rules to apply lower tax rates to online compared to land-based gambling activities.

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CJEU: Online gambling ruling reconfirms the urgent need for an EU framework:

15/09/2011: European judges considerably tightens requirements on monopolies

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Online gaming and betting: proposed new law in Germany criticised by the European Commission

19/07/2011: The European Commission today issued a ‘detailed opinion’ against the draft German State Gambling Treaty. This detailed opinion confirms that the Commission believes the proposed German State Treaty is in breach of EU law. If the draft is not substantially changed after this warning, Germany risks formal infringement proceedings, referral to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) and ultimately financial penalties.

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Online gaming and betting: Greek draft law draws criticism from the European Commission

07/07/2011: The European Commission issued a detailed opinion against the Greek draft law on online gambling on 7 July 2011 (see link (1)). This detailed opinion confirms that the Commission has strong concerns about the compatibility of the draft Greek legislation with EU law.

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CJEU questions consistency of French gambling law

30/06/2011: The European Court today ruled once again that a monopoly can only be justified if findings prove that gambling related problems actually exist and a particularly high level of consumer protection is granted. This ruling, which concerns the former law, also adds pressure on the current French gambling legislation that was introduced in May 2010.

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