EGBA welcomes EU Court of Justice preliminary ruling

iGaming Business – The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) trade group has welcomed the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) reiteration that member states cannot restrict national gambling market to protect the commercial interests of incumbents or for other economic reasons. In a preliminary ruling in the Italian cases ‘Biasci et al’, the court said that national law that precludes cross-border gambling activities in order to favour the economic interests of incumbents over operators licensed in other member states is against EU law. “National legislation, which in fact precludes all cross-border activity in the betting in gaming…