German sports betting regulation violates EU law
Maarten Haijer, Secretary General of the European Betting and Gaming Association (EGBA), said:
“Today’s ruling emphatically confirmed that the German online gambling regime reached a practical and legal dead end. The CJEU ruled the experimental clause for sports betting introduced in 2012 has failed to remedy the incompatibility with EU law. This means the German online gambling regime still violates EU law and cannot be enforced.”
According to Speel Verantwoord, the Dutch trade association of online operators, the CJEU's verdict also has implications for the Netherlands: “The Court found that licenses for offering lotteries and sports bets should be warded transparently and in a non-discriminatory manner. To date, the Dutch government has failed to do so.”
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