Ansgar Lange
Berlin / Munich - A few weeks before the next premier conference on gambling treaty will revive this discussion. Sports betting and lotteries are a mainstay of the Financing of German sport. Therefore, it is not surprising that the German Olympic Sports Federation (DSB), the German Football League (DFL) and the sports help with the design of a new State Treaty on gaming point to ways out of the confused situation like because they make massive concern for the future promotion of sports. First goal was, as reported by the daily newspaper "Die Welt", the sports betting market controls to open and private providers. This is to prevent that the revenues from the business of sports betting continues to flow over 95 percent of the state. "The state has Oddset provider 200 million euros, total sales but is estimated at three to seven billion euros," said DOSB-General Michael Vesper. After
the ideas of Vesper and Co. will in future be issued licenses to private providers, which could pay three to ten percent of the betting turnover as betting tax. "One third of these revenues (about EUR 80 million) could eventually flow into the latitude and profit sports - but not in football, but it expects the high sponsorship revenue," wrote Die Welt.
"There is an urgent need for action," said Dr. Wulf Hambach, founding and managing partner of the law firm Hambach & Hambach Law http://www.timelaw.de in Munich. "DOSB, DLF and sports help put the finger in the wound. The old State Treaty on Gambling is no longer tenable. This was confirmed by the supreme court, as the European Court of Justice the previous legal position in the lump has rejected. What value has a monopoly when passing by 95 percent of sales on the local betting market on the state? Five billion euros are still places already on the Internet or betting booths from foreign providers. In the best of German reporters - it has brought the FAZ to the point - could be called the German gambling law a 'matter scattered singing'. In the language of football you could add: The current squabbling may not go into overtime. We now need a Played in the form of a regulatory policy oriented new gambling treaty, thus, not least the Arts in Germany once again has a good perspective. "Hambach is betting that in the negotiations of prime ministers, which will continue on 10 March this year, the public good (tax revenues) and the interests of Sports (financial support in particular the width, but also of the elite sports) are more important than tactical political games.
The Christian-Liberal coalition government in Schleswig-Holstein had now indicated that they wanted to promote the reorganization of the German gambling law further. EU Commission, meanwhile, on 9 February 2011, the initiation of the notification procedure for the bill confirmed. "The old Gambling Treaty was cut by the European Court of Justice to the German courts. We are convinced that our draft with," said the CDU parliamentary deputy Hans-Jörn Arp, who also worked on another occasion for a more objective handling the subject had signed: "To one it be clear. No one wants to bet make sure when who pulls down at a football game other pants, we do a serious revision, in which there are clear regulatory requirements of the State:
We want a sound Justification of the lottery monopoly. We want clear and enforceable rules for the sale of lotteries. And we want clear and enforceable rules for player protection, drug prevention and the prevention of illegal deals in the area of sports betting. "But so far, colleagues encountered in other states the Kiel proposals often with sweeping defense reflexes.
particular, the two SPD leaders Klaus Wowereit ( Berlin), Kurt Beck (Rhineland-Palatinate) belong to the group in the concrete block debate on a new gaming law and - at least thus far -. They fear possible compromise solutions, the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung http://www.faz.net a opening of the betting market would become in the wake of the case Lotto lucrative monopoly result. As long as the monopolies would, however justified by the danger of addiction, while the far more dangerous slot machines are not affected by the monopoly, should plaintiff prevail in court continue betting. "Given the entrenched positions is not impossible that the current bizarre legal situation could be extended another year," fears the FAZ.
It lags behind Germany already international. In Denmark, France, Italy and Spain it is already on. In the opinion of betting experts, the inclusion of online poker - in this field, for example, major international vendors such as Poker Stars http://www.pokerstars.de active - make sense in an overall plan. "The Schleswig-Holstein model has the advantage that this is a holistic approach. It would not be purposeful to bring only the liberalization of betting. Then Germany would again prefer an island solution. A controlled liberalization should online poker and online Betting include. First, let legalized markets better control. And, second, that the gross profit from online poker to those of the online betting even slightly exceed, "analyzes Hambach. During the Kiel model so far for solving the tangled and unclear legal situation a mixture full step forward, the model of the sports associations would be only half a step.
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DOSB submit draft gambling Treaty read
Berlin / Munich - A few weeks before the next premier conference on gambling treaty will revive this discussion. Sports betting and lotteries are a mainstay of the Financing of German sport. Therefore, it is not surprising that the German Olympic Sports Federation (DSB), the German Football League (DFL) and the sports help with the design of a new State Treaty on gaming point to ways out of the confused situation like because they make massive concern for the future promotion of sports. First goal was, as reported by the daily newspaper "Die Welt", the sports betting market controls to open and private providers. This is to prevent that the revenues from the business of sports betting continues to flow over 95 percent of the state. "The state has Oddset provider 200 million euros, total sales but is estimated at three to seven billion euros," said DOSB-General Michael Vesper. After
the ideas of Vesper and Co. will in future be issued licenses to private providers, which could pay three to ten percent of the betting turnover as betting tax. "One third of these revenues (about EUR 80 million) could eventually flow into the latitude and profit sports - but not in football, but it expects the high sponsorship revenue," wrote Die Welt.
"There is an urgent need for action," said Dr. Wulf Hambach, founding and managing partner of the law firm Hambach & Hambach Law http://www.timelaw.de in Munich. "DOSB, DLF and sports help put the finger in the wound. The old State Treaty on Gambling is no longer tenable. This was confirmed by the supreme court, as the European Court of Justice the previous legal position in the lump has rejected. What value has a monopoly when passing by 95 percent of sales on the local betting market on the state? Five billion euros are still places already on the Internet or betting booths from foreign providers. In the best of German reporters - it has brought the FAZ to the point - could be called the German gambling law a 'matter scattered singing'. In the language of football you could add: The current squabbling may not go into overtime. We now need a Played in the form of a regulatory policy oriented new gambling treaty, thus, not least the Arts in Germany once again has a good perspective. "Hambach is betting that in the negotiations of prime ministers, which will continue on 10 March this year, the public good (tax revenues) and the interests of Sports (financial support in particular the width, but also of the elite sports) are more important than tactical political games.
The Christian-Liberal coalition government in Schleswig-Holstein had now indicated that they wanted to promote the reorganization of the German gambling law further. EU Commission, meanwhile, on 9 February 2011, the initiation of the notification procedure for the bill confirmed. "The old Gambling Treaty was cut by the European Court of Justice to the German courts. We are convinced that our draft with," said the CDU parliamentary deputy Hans-Jörn Arp, who also worked on another occasion for a more objective handling the subject had signed: "To one it be clear. No one wants to bet make sure when who pulls down at a football game other pants, we do a serious revision, in which there are clear regulatory requirements of the State:
We want a sound Justification of the lottery monopoly. We want clear and enforceable rules for the sale of lotteries. And we want clear and enforceable rules for player protection, drug prevention and the prevention of illegal deals in the area of sports betting. "But so far, colleagues encountered in other states the Kiel proposals often with sweeping defense reflexes.
particular, the two SPD leaders Klaus Wowereit ( Berlin), Kurt Beck (Rhineland-Palatinate) belong to the group in the concrete block debate on a new gaming law and - at least thus far -. They fear possible compromise solutions, the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung http://www.faz.net a opening of the betting market would become in the wake of the case Lotto lucrative monopoly result. As long as the monopolies would, however justified by the danger of addiction, while the far more dangerous slot machines are not affected by the monopoly, should plaintiff prevail in court continue betting. "Given the entrenched positions is not impossible that the current bizarre legal situation could be extended another year," fears the FAZ.
It lags behind Germany already international. In Denmark, France, Italy and Spain it is already on. In the opinion of betting experts, the inclusion of online poker - in this field, for example, major international vendors such as Poker Stars http://www.pokerstars.de active - make sense in an overall plan. "The Schleswig-Holstein model has the advantage that this is a holistic approach. It would not be purposeful to bring only the liberalization of betting. Then Germany would again prefer an island solution. A controlled liberalization should online poker and online Betting include. First, let legalized markets better control. And, second, that the gross profit from online poker to those of the online betting even slightly exceed, "analyzes Hambach. During the Kiel model so far for solving the tangled and unclear legal situation a mixture full step forward, the model of the sports associations would be only half a step.
Contact:
Andreas Schultheis
Text & Editing
Heister Straße 44
57537 Wissen
DOSB submit draft gambling Treaty read
