Tipp24 Plots German Comeback After ECJ Shake Up
14 Sep, 2010 published on GamblingCompliance by Daniel Macadam
Private lottery operator Tipp24 plans to resume its formerly outlawed German business in the wake of Europe’s top court ruling last week against Germany’s state lottery and sports betting monopolies.
Prosecutions against Tipp24, and other private operators, for breaking the country’s prohibitive Interstate Treaty are now on hold as gaming authorities wait for the national courts to decide how the ECJ rulings will be applied.
The ECJ’s judgments on Wednesday plunged the German gambling market into legal chaos, as they found that Germany’s regulations did not limit games of chance in a consistent and systematic manner.