New York Times: Italian Case May Open Up Crossborder Gambling
The top European court on Tuesday prohibited Italy from prosecuting bookmakers based in other European countries, a ruling that private companies hailed as a milestone in efforts to pry European betting markets from government-run monopolies. Online operators have used licenses from one country in Europe to try to operate in neighboring countries, arguing the European Union’s single market permitted this. [...]
The ruling applies only to sports betting, and it stops short of explicitly endorsing the idea that holders of a betting license in one European country should be able to operate without borders, lawyers said. [...]
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