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...

At the ICE we will not only present our critically acclaimed sports betting platform Bookmaker 5 and our all-in-one solution Wingo, but also for the first time our newest product Smartweb. With Smartweb you can experience the excitement of sports- and live betting in your hand on any Apple iPhone or Android smartphone.

It is generally known that the sports betting market will be opened at the beginning of 2012. The only issue which is still being discussed is how this is going to take place. In the meantime, the German football league (DFL) does not want to leave its fate in the hands of the 15 states and the draft submitted by them (E 15 draft). If the DFL has its way, the Bundesliga fixtures will, from January 2012 onwards, no longer be available for everybody for commercial utilisation...

After the ECJ's decision in case C-46/08 Carmen Media, the German gambling monopoly has come to an end. In its decision given today, the ECJ makes it clear that the Verwaltungsgericht (Administrative Court) of Schleswig, in its resolution of 30 January 2008 referring the case for a preliminary ruling, correctly reached the conclusion that the German gambling regulation is not in compliance with Union law (see press release dated 31 January 2008).

Vienna - As one of the first operators, bwin, the world's leading online gaming provider, has been granted French online gaming licenses. Issued by the French regulator ARJEL, the online sports betting license entitles the French subsidiary bwin Entertainment Services (B.E.S. SAS) to offer online sports betting to French customers starting on 9 June 2010.

When the FIFA World Cup kicked off in Germany on 9th June 2006 TV viewers saw not only a German team being in great shape against Costa Rica but they also watched on German TV betting advertising clips e. g. for the Austrian licensed and RTL owed sports betting company Starbet. Only one week after the kick off, the Starbet advertising was banned from TV due to a court order arguing with the German state monopoly on soccer betting. Until today the chaotic situation in Germany on the (il)legality concerning gaming and gambling and in particular on advertising for sports books remains...

Istanbul, Turkey (January 21, 2010) - The Spor Toto Teskilat Mudurlugu (State Sports Betting Organization) has auctioned another three sports betting licenses, totaling 5 online operators. And 5 more licenses will be auctioned later. Presently three players are operating actively on the online betting market in Turkey: 
- Bilyoner.com, co-owned by Çukurova Holding’s Demir Toprak and Greece’s Intralot (founded on 13 June, 2005): Nesine.com, owned by the Dogan Group (founded 11 July 2006);
- Misli.com, entered the market some months ago and is an initiative of Misli Elektronik sans Oyunlan ve Yay AS:

The Administrative Court of Mainz, Germany, noted yet again constitutional deficits of the state’s sports betting monopoly. In the case at hand, the judges therefore granted exemption from judicial execution to the defendant (order of 4 September 2009, file number: 6 L 770/09.MZ). Thus the defendent, represented by Arendts Anwälte, may continue to collect and forward offers of sports bets to a bookmaker, licensed in the EU member state Austria.

During the last few days, the former judge at the Federal Constitutional Court, Professor Dr. Paul Kirchhof said the following in a newspaper interview about the causes of the financial crisis. “Investors and asset managers no longer bet on interests and dividends, but on gambling and chance”. And what about the state?

Heading into the 2009 NHL play-offs season, calls continue for legalized, sports betting, both in Canada and in the United States. In July of 2008, the Ontario government released a letter it had sent to the federal government, seeking an amendment to the Criminal Code that would permit single game sport betting.

(Bloomberg) - Germany’s sports-betting monopoly was upheld in an interim ruling by the country’s top constitutional court, delivering a blow to online gambling companies that are seeking to overturn the restrictions. The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe rejected a request for an emergency ruling...

An investigation into a betting scandal has led to charges against four players accusing them of staking thousands of pounds on their own team to lose. A fifth player has also been charged by the Football Association for breaching betting rules over the same game – Accrington Stanley v Bury in League Two in May last year.