News - Europe

Commission urged to clarify gambling's EU legal status

The European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers called on the European Commission yesterday (3 March) to initiate a dialogue in...
Europe | 04 Mar 2009

Europe Quizzes U.S. On Online Gambling

The European Commission submitted a list of questions to the United States government seeking answers to what a trade organization deemed...
Europe | 01 Jun 2008

Mandelson tells US to change online gambling laws

EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson told the US it needs to change anti-gambling laws which discriminate against European companies. Mandelson,...
Europe | 09 Nov 2007

EC committed to end gambling monopolies

The head of the European Commission (EC), former Irish Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy, has reiterated the EC’s commitment to breaking...
Europe | 26 Sep 2007

EU steps up legal action against Denmark, Finland and Hungary on gambling restrictions

The European Commission has warned Denmark, Finland and Hungary that they must open up their sports betting market to competition if they...
Europe | 22 Mar 2007

European online gambling shares fall as US seeks information for probe

Shares in European online gambling companies fell as much as 14 percent Monday on news that U.S. prosecutors had launched a probe into Internet...
Europe | 22 Jan 2007

Beckham to move next season?

David Beckham is odds on to be playing in the Spanish Primera League next season, according to Ladbrokes. The former England captain's contract...
Europe | 25 Oct 2006