The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU delivered today his opinion in the Stanleybet, William Hill & Sportingbet case (Joined Cases C-186/11, C-209/11), which was referred by the Greek Council of State in the context of legal challenges initiated by the three operators against the Greek Government. The Advocate General found that the gambling legislation in Greece...

A KMPG study, commissioned by The Remote Gambling Association (RGA), the largest trade association for remote gambling operators in the world, has concluded that a taxation regime for sports betting based on a Gross Profits Tax (GPT) will result in more income...

A KMPG study, commissioned by The Remote Gambling Association (RGA), the largest trade association for remote gambling operators in the world, has concluded that a taxation regime for remote gambling based on a Gross Profits Tax (GPT) will result in more income for the Cypriot government and better social protection measures for Cypriot consumers.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) today delivered its ruling (case C-604/10) in a case referred from the Court of Appeal (England & Wales). The fixture lists, for each season of the leagues, set the dates and venues for every match to be played. Football Dataco et al, claimed that there was in the fixture lists a sui generis right and a copyright under the Database Directive and a copyright under UK law.

The Remote Gambling Association (RGA), the largest trade association for remote gambling operators in the world, has submitted a legal challenge to the Greek Government’s taxation regime for remote gambling. The action in the Greek Council of State was co-signed by bet365, Betfair and William Hill.

The Remote Gambling Association (RGA), the largest trade association for remote gambling operators in the world, has announced that Sue Rossiter will be joining them as Director of Projects and Policy as of 5th January 2012. Sue Rossiter was previously Interim Principal Officer at the Gordon Moody Association, Deputy Chief Executive at the British Amusement and Catering Trades Association (BACTA) and Head of Policy at the Gambling Commission.

In his opinion delivered today, Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi, refuted the claims of Football DataCo and the English and Scottish football leagues that intellectual property rights under the Database Directive subsist in the annually-created fixture lists. Fixture lists, for each season of the leagues, set the dates and venues for every match to be played. Football Dataco et al, asserted that there is in the fixture lists a sui generis right and a copyright under the Database Directive and a copyright under UK law.

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.

The Remote Gambling Association (RGA), the largest remote gambling trade body in the world, has praised some of the more progressive elements of the European Parliament’s resolution on online gambling, which was voted on and agreed today. The resolution demonstrates a clear shift in understanding and support for the European licensed online gambling sector.

London (11 November) - The inaugural Totally Gaming Awards 2012 have received the exclusive support of the Remote Gambling Association. The Awards have been launched to recognise and reward innovation from across the breadth of the international gaming industry and are being presented on Monday 23rd January 2012, the evening prior to ICE Totally Gaming, at prestigious London venue 8 Northumberland Avenue.

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%.

London, 28.10.2011, Die Remote Gambling Association (RGA), der größte Fachverband der globalen Glücksspielindustrie, hat seine tiefe Enttäuschung darüber zum Ausdruck gebracht, dass es in Deutschland weiterhin keinen regulierten und wettbewerbsorientierten Online Glücksspielmarkt geben soll, was sowohl zum Nachteil der privaten Anbieter als auch der deutschen Nutzer sein wird.