Sports Betting: Law and Policy

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.

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 appearsin the ASSER International Sports Law Series, under the editorship of Dr. Robert Siekmann, Dr. Janwillem Soek and Marco van der Harst LL. M.

Introductory Remarks.- The Revolution.- Betting and the Integrity of Sport.- European Union Law, Gambling, and Sport Betting. European Court of Justice Jurisprudence, member states case law, and policy.- Sports Betting and European Law 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 Betting.- Match-Fixing. FK Pobeda et al. v. UEFA (CAS 2009/A/1920).- Sports Betting in the Netherlands: a Legal Framework Study.- Argentina.- Sports Betting. Law and Policy in Austria.- Sports betting: Law and Policy. Belarus.- Towards A B2B Model for Online Sports Betting Operators in Belgium: is the New Business Model Viable for All Stakeholders? Sports Betting: Brazil.- Legal Regulation of Sport and Betting in Bulgaria.- Sports Betting in Canada.- Sports Betting: Law and Policy. The Regulation of Sports Betting in the Caribbean.- Sport Betting and its Regulation in China.- Regulation of Sports Betting in the Czech Republic.- Sports betting regulation in Denmark.- Estonia: Regulation of Sports Betting Under the New Gambling Act.- Betting in France.- Reorganization of the Sports Betting Market in Germany.- Sports Betting in Greece.- The Sportbetting System in Hungary.- Sports Betting: Is it Really Illegal in India? Sports Betting in Indonesia.- Chapter on Sports Betting in Ireland.- Betting In Sports Events. Gambling In Italy.- Sports Betting and the Law in Japan.- Sports Betting in Kenya.- Sports Betting: Law and Policy. The Chapter on Latvia.- Sports Betting in Lithuania.- Sports betting in Luxembourg.- Legal Aspects of Sports Betting in Macedonia.- Sports Betting in New Zealand: The New Zealand Racing Board.- Sports Betting: Law and Policy (Northern Ireland).- Sports Betting in Norway: Law and Policy.- Sports Betting and the Law in Portugal.- Sports Betting in Romania.- Lotteries, Bookmakers and Sweepstakes in Russia.- Legal Aspects of Sports Betting in Serbia.- Sports Betting in Singapore.- Slovak Republic.- Operation, Problems and the Impact of Chance Games on the Development of Sport in Slovenia.- Gambling and Sport in South Africa.- Legal Regulation of Sports Betting in Spain and its History.- Sports Betting in Sweden.- Regulation of Sports Lotteries and Betting in Switzerland.- Les Paris Sportifs en Droit Turc (en Particulier dans le Domaine du Football Professionnel).- Juridical regulation of the betting in Ukraine.- Sports Betting: United Kingdom.- The Regulation of Gambling Under U.S. Federal and State Law.- The U.S. System for Regulating Internet Gambling.- U.S. Collegiate Athletics.- U.S. Gaming and Sports Facility Financing.- U.S. Professional Athletics.-