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Press Releases - 2012
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The European Commission needs to pursue infringement cases on gambling by the end of term.
Today the European Commission published the much-awaited Communication towards a comprehensive European framework for online gambling. This represents the second phase of...
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Stanleybet and Belgian offline betting operators challenge the new exclusive betting licence designated to the Belgian National Lottery.
The Belgian Royal Decree grants to the Belgian National Lottery an exclusive additional licence to operate bets breaching a number of Constitutional and EU principles and putting the National Lottery in a privileged and beneficial situation compared to the other betting operators present in the Belgian market.
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Stanleybet appeals to the European Commission for Italy: The italian gambling provisions continue to breach EU law.
Stanleybet, in its commitment to respect EU and national laws, lodged a complaint with the European Commission against the Italian Republic as its gambling rules persist in breaching EU law. The Gambelli (C-243/01) and Placanica (C-338/04, C-359/04, C-360/04) rulings by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) recognize that...
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The highest Italian Criminal Court confirms that the Stanleybet DTCs are lawful and that Stanleybet should be considered as a legal licensee.
Yesterday, 10 July 2012, before the IIIrd Section of the highest Italian Criminal Court (Cassazione), the Court met in camera to decide on the legality of 51 Stanleybet centers and 9 other centers linked to other bookmakers. The ruling was filed yesterday in the late afternoon. The outcome was the following...
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Stanleybet Group inaugurates the first international support centre in Bucharest.
Mr. Martin Harris, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Romania and by Mr. David Purvis, CEO of Stanleybet proudly inaugurated the first Stanleybet international support centre based in Bucharest. The centre will provide customer care services to Stanleybet clients from Denmark, Germany and Cyprus and will serve as the basis to offer further support for all the other countries where Stanleybet operates...
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CJEU: Costa-Cifone ruling vindicates Stanleybet.
A new era of fairness for all operators begins in Italy. Brussels, 16 February 2012 - In the Costa and Cifone rulings (Joined Cases C-72/10 and C-77/10) the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), following the Gambelli and Placanica rulings, recognizes for the third time that Stanleybet was discriminated against by the Italian licensing system. The CJEU held that the 2006 Bersani tenders, which supposedly opened...
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