Volume: 2 Issue: 5
( 2003)

Keywords:
de lotto gambelli state lottery social repsonsibility advocat general alber

Authors:
tjeerd veenstra

Organisations:
de lotto

Jurisdictions:
eu europe

Opinion de Lotto Netherlands: Advocate General: no ‘Copernican revolution’

Advocate General Alber delivered on 13 March 2003 his Opinion in the long-awaited Gambelli case. Following the publication of the Opinion, some have indicated that the Gambelli case will break down the national gaming monopolies. I personally do not understand the fuss created over the Gambelli Opinion, as Alber’s opinion is merely a confirmation of the well-established case-law of the European Court of Justice (see the Court’s judgments in Schindler, Läärä and Zenatti). The Opinion certainly does not constitute a “Copernican revolution”, as suggested by certain adherents of a European gaming market, but could even result in more restrictive national gaming monopolies.

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