Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 4 March 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what European legislation governs provision of internet gambling services based in one member state to people in another member state.
The EC Treaty applies to the provision of internet gambling services between member states. There is no secondary EU legislation in this area as the directive on electronic commerce (2000/31/EC) and the directive on services in the internal market (2006/123/EC) both exclude gambling activities.
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Mike
Posted on 6 Mar 2008 10:28 am (Report this annotation)
The EC rules applying is significant. Italy Germany and Norway have all lost in the ECJ for trying to restrict cross country gambling services and advertising. The lack of secondary legislation is not important but might confuse this answer. The free trade provisions apply - a legal gambling operation regulated in the UK can expect to trade throughout the EU and win in court if govs try to stop them.