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A study of the handling of sports betting cases by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) would not be complete without examining the handling of gambling in general by the ECJ. There are two ECJ decisions that ought to be mentioned at this point, because, although neither of them is of sports content, they played a major role in sports betting case law as all subsequent ECJ decisions relating to sports betting are based on them.

Marios Papaloukas—Attorney-at-law and Assistant Professor of Sports Law

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  1. 1.

    Case Her Majesty's Customs and Excise versus Gerhart Schindler and Jörg Schindler, C-275/92, Judgment of 24th March 1994, [1994] ECR I-01039.

  2. 2.

    See Case Her Majesty's customs and Excise vs. Gerhart Schindler and Jörg Schindler, C-275/92, Judgment of 24th March 1994, [1994] ECR I-01039, para 16.

  3. 3.

    See The Case for state lotteries 2006.

  4. 4.

    See Case Her Majesty's Customs and Excise vs. Gerhart Schindler and Jörg Schindler, C-275/92, Judgment of 24th March 1994, [1994] ECR I-01039, para 34.

  5. 5.

    See Case Her Majesty's Customs and Excise versus Gerhart Schindler and Jörg Schindler, C-275/92, Judgment of 24th March 1994, [1994] ECR I-01039, para 32.

  6. 6.

    See Institut Suisse de Droit Compare 2006.

  7. 7.

    See The Case for a Single European Gambling Market 2004.

  8. 8.

    Littler 2008, pp. 211–229.

  9. 9.

    See European Parliament resolution of 10 March on the integrity of online gambling. (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P6-TA-2009-0097+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN).

  10. 10.

    See Case Her Majesty's Customs and Excise versus Gerhart Schindler and Jörg Schindler, C-275/92, Judgment of 24th March 1994, [1994] ECR I-01039, para 60.

  11. 11.

    See Case Her Majesty's Customs and Excise versus Gerhart Schindler and Jörg Schindler, C-275/92, Judgment of 24th March 1994, [1994] ECR I-01039, para 61.

  12. 12.

    See Case Markku Juhani Läärä Cotswold Microsystems Ltd and Oy Transatlantic Software Ltd versus Kihlakunnansyyttäjä (Jyväskylä) and Suomen valtio (Finnish State), C-124/97, Judgment of 21st September 1999, [1999] ECR I-06067.

  13. 13.

    See Case Markku Juhani Läärä Cotswold Microsystems Ltd and Oy Transatlantic Software Ltd versus Kihlakunnansyyttäjä (Jyväskylä) and Suomen valtio (Finnish State), C-124/97, Judgment of 21st September 1999, [1999] ECR I-06067, para 32.

  14. 14.

    See Case Markku Juhani Läärä Cotswold Microsystems Ltd and Oy Transatlantic Software Ltd versus Kihlakunnansyyttäjä (Jyväskylä) and Suomen valtio (Finnish State), C-124/97, Judgment of 21st September 1999, [1999] ECR I-06067, para 35–36.

  15. 15.

    See Case Markku Juhani Läärä Cotswold Microsystems Ltd and Oy Transatlantic Software Ltd versus Kihlakunnansyyttäjä (Jyväskylä) and Suomen valtio (Finnish State), C-124/97, Judgment of 21st September 1999, [1999] ECR I-06067, para 39.

  16. 16.

    See Case Questore di Verona versus Diego Zenatti, C-67/98, Judgment of 21st October 1999, [1999] ECR I-07289.

  17. 17.

    See Papaloukas 2008, p. 42.

  18. 18.

    See Case Criminal proceedings against Piergiorgio Gambelli and Others, C-243/01, Judgment of 6th November 2003, [2003] ECR I-13031.

  19. 19.

    See Papaloukas 2008, p. 125.

  20. 20.

    See Case Criminal proceedings against Piergiorgio Gambelli and Others, C-243/01, Judgment of 6th November 2003, [2003] ECR I-13031.

  21. 21.

    See Case Criminal proceedings against Piergiorgio Gambelli and Others, C-243/01, Judgment of 6th November 2003, [2003] ECR I-13031, para 65.

  22. 22.

    See Case Criminal proceedings against Piergiorgio Gambelli and Others, C-243/01, Judgment of 6th November 2003, [2003] ECR I-13031, para 70.

  23. 23.

    See Littler 2008, pp. 211–229.

  24. 24.

    See Case Criminal proceedings against Piergiorgio Gambelli and Others, C-243/01, Judgment of 6th November 2003, [2003] ECR I-13031, para 69.

  25. 25.

    See Case Criminal proceedings against Piergiorgio Gambelli and Others, C-243/01, Judgment of 6th November 2003, [2003] ECR I-13031, para 67.

  26. 26.

    See Case Diana Elisabeth Lindman, C-42/02, Judgment of 13th November 2003, [2003] ECR I-13519.

  27. 27.

    See Papaloukas 2008, p. 181.

  28. 28.

    See Case Diana Elisabeth Lindman, C-42/02, Judgment of 13th November 2003, [2003] ECR I-13519, para 25.

  29. 29.

    See Case Diana Elisabeth Lindman, C-42/02, Judgment of 13th November 2003, [2003] ECR I-13519, para 26.

  30. 30.

    See Littler 2008, pp. 211–229.

  31. 31.

    See Joined cases Criminal proceedings against Massimiliano Placanica, C-338/04, C-359/04 and C-360/04, Judgment of 6th March 2007, [2007] ECR I-01891.

  32. 32.

    See Papaloukas 2008, p. 309.

  33. 33.

    See Joined cases Criminal proceedings against Massimiliano Placanica, C-338/04, C-359/04 and C-360/04, Judgment of 6th March 2007, [2007] ECR I-01891, para 55.

  34. 34.

    Case Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional, Baw International Ltd versus Departamento de Jogos da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, C-42/07, opinion of Advocate General Bot delivered on 14 October 2008, para 85–88.

  35. 35.

    See C-42/07 Decision 8 September 2009.

  36. 36.

    See Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 9 October 2006—Winner Wetten GmbH versus Mayor of Bergheim, C-409/06.

  37. 37.

    See Papaloukas 2008, p. 322.

  38. 38.

    See Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Stuttgart (Germany), lodged on 2 August 2007—SOBO Sport and Entertainment GmbH versus Land Baden–Württemberg, C-359/07.

  39. 39.

    See Papaloukas 2008, p. 324.

  40. 40.

    See http://www.winneronline.com/articles/090216_article_stanleybetshutagain.html.

  41. 41.

    See European Parliament resolution of 10 March on the integrity of online gambling, The Schaldemose Report. (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P6-TA-2009-0097+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN).

  42. 42.

    See Betfair’s Corporate Statement on the Schaldemose Report. (http://corporate.betfair.com/BETFAIR%20CORPORATE%20STATEMENT%20ON%20THE%20SCHALDEMOSE%20REPORT.pdf).

  43. 43.

    See paras 8–10 of the European parliaments resolution 2008/2215. (http://www.mrgc.org.mt/docs/AlternativeMotionResolutionDraft.pdf)

  44. 44.

    See the White Paper on Sport (http://ec.europa.eu/sport/white-paper/whitepaper8_en.htm).

  45. 45.

    See Papaloukas 2009.

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Papaloukas, M. (2011). Sports Betting and European Law. In: Anderson, P., Blackshaw, I., Siekmann, R., Soek, J. (eds) Sports Betting: Law and Policy. ASSER International Sports Law Series. T.M.C. Asser Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-6704-799-9_5

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