Key Takeaways
- CEO of bwin.party, Norbert Teufelberger and Non-Executive Director, Manfred Bodner, failed to attend a French to answer charges that they had provided gambling services illegally.
- The court has now rescheduled the trial date after refusing to hear the defense without the defendants being present.
- The case refers to gambling prior to the changes in French gambling law which established the current regulatory system.
- Those laws were ruled to be in contravention of EU treaties by the French Court de Cassation.
Current CEO of bwin.party Norbert Teufelberger and Non-Executive Director Manfred Bodner failed to attend a French trial in Nanterre to answer charges that, while they were executives of Bwin, they had provided gambling services illegally.
