SWEDEN - Swedish health authorities have criticised the lack of help available in Sweden for gambling addiction, with many municipalities providing no resources at all to deal with the problem. At least 50 municipalities provide no treatment at all for compulsive gamblers according to Sweden’s National Institute for Public Health. The Local.
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Swedish gambling addicts ‘not getting enough help’
Monday, October 24th, 2011Online Gambling Law in Belgium
Thursday, October 13th, 2011EUROPE – On 1 January 2011 the amended Belgian gambling legislation has entered into force. One of the major modifications is that this legislation contains an explicit regulation for online games of chance and wagers. Whos Who Legal.
MEPs say stronger cooperation needed on online gambling
Sunday, October 9th, 2011EUROPE – EU Member States should be free to maintain their own rules on online gambling, but should also step up EU-wide cooperation to counter the black market and protect children and vulnerable consumers, say Internal Market Committee MEPs in a resolution that has just been adopted. European Parliament. Meanwhile, Online gambling controls tightened by [...]
Online operators ask EU to probe Greek gaming law
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011EUROPE – The world’s largest online gambling operators asked the European Union on Tuesday to investigate a new Greek gaming law, saying it violates the bloc’s free market rules to the benefit of the country’s sports betting monopoly OPAP. Reuters.
Greek govt, betting monopoly agree gambling license deal
Monday, September 26th, 2011EUROPE - The Greek government and the country’s sports betting monopoly OPAP have agreed the outlines of a 1 billion euro ($1.37 bln) deal to extend the company’s concession and award it new gaming licences. Greece aims to extend OPAP’s monopoly by 10 years and grant it a licence to install 35,000 more gaming machines this [...]
Ireland plans new online gambling law
Monday, September 26th, 2011EUROPE – Ireland will publish new gambling laws early next year to bring online operators into the tax net and cap the size and number of casinos, the Minister for Justice said. Gambling on horse-racing and sporting fixtures is hugely popular in Ireland, and punters are increasingly using the Internet to place their bets. But [...]
Top EU court backs gambling monopolies
Monday, September 19th, 2011EUROPE - Europe’s highest court, the EU Court of Justice, delivered a blow to online betting companies seeking to break national monopolies, ruling that Austria can bar foreign gaming firms from operating in the country. Several online gambling companies have launched legal challenges against a number of EU countries in an effort to break open a lucrative market [...]
Split over direction of online gambling rules
Monday, September 12th, 2011EUROPE - MEPs seek common ground on who should regulate gambling firms. MEPs are divided over European Commission proposals for online gambling regulation, with many believing that the onus for any new legislation should remain with member states. European Voice. Members of the European Parliament’s internal market and consumer protection committee are to vote on the [...]
Potential for gambling fraud just a wager away
Monday, September 12th, 2011IRELAND - Criminal betting syndicates pose a real threat to Irish sport, says Jack Anderson, Academic specialising in sport law. Independent.
Commission eyes EU regulation of online gambling
Friday, September 9th, 2011EUROPE - Policymakers and operators alike are broadly in favour of introducing EU-wide legislation to govern the online gambling market. But common rules should not prevent member states from regulating online gambling as tightly as they want, participants in a European Economic and Social Committee conference heard yesterday (6 September). Euroactive. The European Commission is currently [...]
