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About LinkBacksOnline giant bwin lost a challenge to Portugal's sports-betting monopoly after a EU court said gambling restrictions are legal if they target fraud and crime.
Bwin had challenged Portugal’s national gambling monopoly and its extension to online wagering.
From Bloomberg:
The EU’s highest court said restrictions such as in Portugal may be justified to meet certain policy goals, including the fight against crime, as long as they aren’t discriminatory and don’t go beyond what is necessary to achieve their aim.
“The verdict is a major setback,” said Alfred Reisenberger, an analyst at CA Cheuvreuxin Vienna, who rates Bwin at “outperform,” said by telephone. “Bwin has lost a battle, not the entire war. They will continue to fight and in the long term they will be successful.”
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8 September 2009, 1:28 pm #1
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EU Court rules against bwin's Portuguese challenge
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9 September 2009, 3:39 am #2
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See Bwin thread below
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12 September 2009, 1:52 pm #3
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12 September 2009, 3:49 pm #4
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This is bad news for the online gaming industry. It effectively allows any EU country to now ban online gambling and they won't be breaking any EU open community rules.
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17 September 2009, 9:32 am #5
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How could that happen? And what's that part about fraud and crime? how does that come into the picture?
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17 September 2009, 9:49 am #6
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I think what they are saying is that play withthe goverment and there will no fraud ect....
Which of course is complete BS.
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21 September 2009, 3:53 am #7
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Two related stories
Hi guys,
Two stories related to this came out of the CEO panel at last week's EIG that I thought you might be interested in. In the first, 888 and PartyGaming responded to the news with the view that B2B is a vital hedge against protectionism, while the panel also saw most top egaming CEOs agree that the shape of new law is the number one issue facing the industry.
Enjoy!
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21 September 2009, 5:07 am #8
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"...and said that PartyGaming had decided to de-focus on the Asian market and re-invest resources in preparing for the US market to open."
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