On the 24th of March 2011 the European Commission issued the so called Green Paper on online gambling in the Internal Market. The European Commission's purpose is to tackle the problems resulting from the rapid development of on-line gambling in the EU. As long as sport betting services...

On the 24th of March 2011 the European Commission issued the so called Green Paper on online gambling in the Internal Market. The European Commission's purpose is to tackle the problems resulting from the rapid development of on-line gambling in the EU. As long as sport betting services...

This article by Marios Papaloukas focuses in the fact that sport entities have always tried to protect their autonomy from interventions. This status has been seriously put into question by the authorities of the European Communities and especially by the Court of the European Communities. One...