Tag Archives: The Remote Gambling Association
Greece – Greek court rules OPAP monopoly is entirely compliant
A Greek court has ruled that the monopoly held by OPAP is completely compliant with EU legislation and that the country’s reforms in terms of online gambling are also completely compliant. The court said that OPAP’s aims to protect Greek players from illegal online operators was central to its ruling. Operators such as William Hill,…
Portugal – RGA slams Portugal’s sports betting tax
The Remote Gambling Association (RGA) has noted the opposition of Santa Casa da Misericordia de Lisboa to the government’s plans to regulate the online sports betting market, but the RGA believes that a viable and competitive market in the future would benefit not just consumers and the government, but Santa Casa as well. The RGA…
UK – Online gambling tax doomed to fail
A KPMG study, commissioned by The Remote Gambling Association (RGA), has concluded that HM Treasury’s place of consumption tax regime for online gambling is likely to fail to achieve its aims unless the rate of gross profits tax is no higher than 10 per cent and it makes allowances for companies to offset costs associated…
