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Austrian Supreme Court issued its ruling regarding the Austrian Gambling Act

19 April 2016
Austrian Supreme Court issued its ruling regarding the Austrian Gambling Act

The Austrian Supreme Court recently published its ruling stating that it considers the Austrian gambling monopoly and the respective provisions of the Austrian Gambling Act to conflict with EU law and to violate Austrian constitutional law. The case is now with the Austrian Constitutional Court. Arthur Stadler is mentioned several times in the Supreme Court’s ruling, in particular, citing articles criticizing the Austrian monopoly’s massive advertising policy which de facto jeopardizes the legislator’s objective of player protection. Due to aggressive advertising, the monopoly cannot be justified by considerations of consumer or player protection, the Court argues. Stadler Völkel Attorneys at Law see their legal perspective as having been confirmed by the Court’s ruling

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