press release of the FDP parliamentary group in the Hesse state parliament on February 9, 2011
" To continue to ensure the financing of sport . is a controlled opening of the sports betting market need, "said said Helmut von Zech, sport spokesman for the FDP parliamentary group
Next by Zech.:
" At the same time, the youth and player protection and drug prevention be strengthened now we finance various sports activities in our country from lottery funds. These are small from year to year because players migrate to the illegal sector. Following a decision of the Court in September 2010 the State Treaty on gaming is also a European law. Therefore, we have at the conference agreed the sports leaders of the countries on 02.04.2011 in Berlin on common core principles for the reorganization.
In the area of the sports betting market, we call the controlled market opening. We have large companies that are considered reputable providers are important partners of the sport in Germany and because of alleged substance abuse, online prohibitions and with massive restrictions on advertising since then from abroad operating out, get back into the regular German market. This is the one given regulatory policy and fiscally necessary. Only if the German tax authorities is also involved in the emergence of strong play, the promotion of sport can continue to be backed up to this high level.
The ECJ has made clear that the alleged substance abuse does not justify a monopoly. However, we have parallel reinforce the restructuring of the gaming system and the youth and player protection and boost addiction further, "
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