Press Release: Advocate General’s Opinion in Joined Cases C-316/07, C-358/07, C-359/07, C-360/07, C-409/07 and C-410/07. Markus Stoß and Others v Wetteraukreis, Kulpa Automatenservice Asperg GmbH and Others v Land Baden-Württemberg, and in Case C-46/08 Carmen Media Group Ltd v Land Schleswig Holstein and Others

According to Advocate General Mengozzi, mutual recognition of national licences for games of chance is not viable as European Union law now stands. He takes the view that a Member State may prohibit, under certain conditions, games of chance on the internet and may provide for a state monopoly on sports betting even if those games are actively promoted and if games involving a greater risk of addiction may be offered by private operators.

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