Sports Betting: Law and Policy [electronic resource] /
Anderson, Paul M.editor.
Blackshaw, Ian S.editor.
Siekmann, Robert C.R.editor.
Soek, Janwillem.editor.
Gambling is a significant global industry, which is worth around 0.6% of world trade, that is, around US$ 384 billion; and gambling on the outcome of sports events is a very popular pastime for millions of people around the world, who combine a bet with watching and enjoying their favourite sports. But, like any other human activity, sports betting is open to corruption and improper influence from unscrupulous sports persons, bookmakers and others. Sports betting in the last ten years or so has developed and changed quite fundamentally with the advent of modern technology – not least the omnipresence of the Internet and the rise of on-line sports betting. This book covers the law and policy on sports betting in more than forty countries around the world whose economic and social development, history and culture are quite different. Several chapters deal with the United States of America. This book also includes a review of sports betting under European Union (EU) Law. The book appears in the ASSER International Sports Law Series, under the editorship of Dr. Robert Siekmann, Dr. Janwillem Soek and Marco van der Harst LL.M.
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Sports Betting: Law and Policy; Series Information; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Introductory Remarks; Part I General Aspects; 2 The Revolution; 3 Betting and the Integrity of Sport; 3.1...Background; 3.2...Fixing as a Crime; 3.3...The Contemporary Betting Market; 3.3.1 Growth in Liquidity; 3.3.2 Increase in Competitiveness; 3.3.3 Increase in Live Betting; 3.3.4 Increase in Proposition Betting; 3.3.5 Emergence of Betting Exchanges; 3.4...How Serious are the Risks?; 3.5...The Policy Response; References
4 European Union Law, Gambling, and Sport Betting: European Court of Justice Jurisprudence, Member States Case Law, and Policy4.1...Introduction; 4.2...Fundamental Legal Principles and the Rule of EU Law; 4.3...European Court of Justice Application of EU Law; 4.3.1 Pre-Gambelli; 4.3.2 Gambelli et seq; 4.3.3 Liga Portuguesa, Betfair, Ladbrokes, Carmen Media, et al. ECJ Twists and Turns; 4.4...The European Ombudsman's Special Report; 4.5...Policy Developments, EC Inquiries, and the Services Directive Controversy; 4.6...Sum, Scenarios, and Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References
5 Sports Betting and European Law5.1...The Establishment of the Principle of Proportionality in Gambling Cases; 5.2...The Zenatti and Gambelli Cases; 5.3...The Clarification of the Term ''Not go Beyond What is Necessary''; 5.4...The Lindman and Placanica Cases; 5.5...Beyond Placanica Case (The Bwin Liga Case); 5.6...Conclusions: The Future in Sports Betting; References
6 Sports Betting in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice: A Study into the Application of the Stare Decisis Principle, or: The Application of the ''Reversal Method'' of Content Analysis and the Essence of the ECJ Case Law on Sports Betting6.1...Introduction; 6.1.1 Definition of ''Sports Betting''; 6.2...Legal and Factual Context of the Case Law; 6.2.1 Zenatti (1999); 6.2.2 Gambelli (2003); 6.2.3 Placanica (2007); 6.2.4 Commission v. Italy (2007); 6.2.5 Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (2009) (Hereafter: Liga Portuguesa); 6.2.6 Sporting Exchange Ltd (''Betfair'') (2010)
6.2.7 Ladbrokes (2010)6.2.8 Otto Sjöberg and Anders Gerdin v. Swedish State (2010) (Hereafter: Sjöberg/Gerdin); 6.2.9 Carmen Media (2010); 6.2.10 Summary of the Legal and Factual Context of the Case Law; 6.3...The Case Law Presented According to the ''Reversal'' Method; 6.3.1 Carmen Media; 6.3.2 Sjöberg/Gerdin; 6.3.3 Ladbrokes; 6.3.4 Sporting Exchange (''Betfair''); 6.3.5 Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (Hereafter: Liga Portuguesa); 6.3.6 Commission v. Italy; 6.3.7 Placanica; 6.3.8 Gambelli; 6.3.9 Zenatti; 6.3.10 Analysis of the Case-Law
6.4...Sports Betting and the Concept of ''Sports Law''
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Gambling is a significant global industry, which is worth around 0.6% of world trade, that is, around US$ 384 billion; and gambling on the outcome of sports events is a very popular pastime for millions of people around the world, who combine a bet with watching and enjoying their favourite sports. But, like any other human activity, sports betting is open to corruption and improper influence from unscrupulous sports persons, bookmakers and others. Sports betting in the last ten years or so has developed and changed quite fundamentally with the advent of modern technology – not least the omnipresence of the Internet and the rise of on-line sports betting. This book covers the law and policy on sports betting in more than forty countries around the world whose economic and social development, history and culture are quite different. Several chapters deal with the United States of America. This book also includes a review of sports betting under European Union (EU) Law. The book appears in the ASSER International Sports Law Series, under the editorship of Dr. Robert Siekmann, Dr. Janwillem Soek and Marco van der Harst LL.M.
International law.
Law—Europe.
Private international law.
Conflict of laws.
Trade.
Mass media.
Law.
International Sports Law.
European Law.
Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law .
International Economic Law, Trade Law.
IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property.
ASSER International Sports Law Series