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Online gambling is big business, and pressure is building for EU legislation. A series of judgments on online gambling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has fuelled...

Vote on report that calls for action at EU level to tackle problems in the sector. MEPs will next week back calls for more co-ordinated regulation of online betting  in...

Commission publishes report on online betting. Making betting online easier does not result in more people suffering gambling addiction, a European Commission report has...

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...

Commission to rule on German state monopolies. The gambling industry is awaiting a European Commission response to proposed reforms of Germany's online betting market.

Commission wants more regulator co-operation. The European Commission is about to publish a consultation paper on online gambling that could pave the way for increased...

Ministers set to adopt supervisory conclusions. Member states are approaching – for the first time – agreement on the regulation of gambling across the EU

US authorities are getting tougher with foreign online-gambling firms, and the European Commission is not happy about it. Although the EU is still far from formulating a...

Concerns that liberalisation will provide organised crime with new opportunities for fraud and money-laundering. Opponents of liberalisation of the national gambling...

EU member states have very different ways of regulating gambling. Europe has an extremely diverse set of national systems for restricting and regulating gambling.

In the absence of EU legislation on gambling, it often falls on the European Court of Justice to decide on the compatibility of national gambling laws. There is little EU...

The European Commission is under pressure to adapt the single market for gambling to the digital age. The stakes are as high as €80 billion a year. The EU is engaged in...

State gambling monopolies welcome rulings by the European Court of Justice. State gambling monopolies today claimed victory over online betting firms after the European...

The Commission is looking for a new approach to opening up the gambling market. The World Cup will be the highlight of the year for the gambling industry, but how punters...

The new internal market commissioner will have to get involved in legal battles over the operations of sports-betting firms. Assuming that he survives his confirmation...

A woman's interest in the internal market led her to a job in the gambling industry. It is not often that the internal market is described as someone's “hobby”, but that...

Restriction on foreign online gambling companies 'violates trade rules'. The European Commission has renewed calls for the United States to lift a ban on foreign online...

The gambling market has been much shaped by rulings from the European Court of Justice. The debate underway on the liberalisation of gambling has reached fever pitch in...

The reference to sport in the Lisbon treaty was a success for everyone who wanted an extension of the Commission's activities in this field. The Commission and the member...

EU firms have fallen victim to the restrictive US approach to online betting. Transatlantic tensions over strict US gambling laws could resurface later this year. Sometime...