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Please see below the link to the Gibraltar Chronicle’s publication on Tuesday 12 January 2021 summarising the GBGA’s position in respect of ‘In Principle’ Agreement on Schengen:...

Advocate General Szpunar has today delivered his opinion on the questions referred by the English High Court in the judicial review brought by the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (the “GBGA”) against the extension of UK gambling duty to overseas operators....

We welcome today’s statement by the Government of Gibraltar. Our organisation and members have been co-ordinating closely with Minister Isola and his team in order to ensure we work together in this period of uncertainty. As an organisation the GBGA supported the Remain...

The UK court has just handed down judgement on the Point of Consumption Tax Challenge and the court has decided to refer some of the issues in the matter to the CJEU. Please find attached a copy of the judgement.The next stage of the process is for the court to finalise the...

Today Mr Justice Green handed down his judgment in the UK judicial review proceedings and found that the new UK licensing regime was not in breach of EU law. GBGA comment: “Naturally we are disappointed with the Court’s decision.  Cross-border regulatory regimes require...

The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association {GBGA) has filed a legal challenge against a law introducing a new gambling licensing regime in the UK. The GBGA argues that the new regime, introduced through the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 and also the guidance and...

GBGA: EC Recommendation is a good basis for an improved online gambling market The European Commission this week published recommendations on online gambling aimed at better protecting online gambling consumers. The GBGA believes these newly published recommendations serve as...

A new law that establishes the Gambling Commission as the industry’s regulator across the globe not only threatens the safety of consumers online but is unlawful, claims the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (GBGA).   Currently, British consumers gamble online with a...

CJEU: no resolution for failing German gambling legislation Brussels, 12 June 2014 Today the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) concluded in the Digibet and Albers case (C-156/13) that EU law does not preclude the co-existence of the gambling licenses of Schleswig...