A European Commission-funded study into sports betting rights for event organizers in the European Union has concluded that there is no legal basis or rationale for an EU-wide right to consent to bets. The study, carried out by the Dutch Asser Institute and Institute for Information Law of the University of Amsterdam, was designed to map out the rights of sports organizers in the EU, with a particular focus on sports betting operators. The study found that the “costs associated with the administering of the right to consent to bets will always be considerable” and that there is “no evidence…