Key Takeaways
- The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has submitted its first response to the Gibraltar Gaming and Betting Association’s (GBGA) legal case challenging the new UK laws which the UKGC will implement from October 1.
- The UKGC has argued that the court should not hear the case because “EU law doesn’t apply to goods and services provided by Gibraltar,” according to eGaming Review.
- There are any number of legal pitfalls that could derail the GBGA’s legal challenge—it would be strange if its dependent territory status denied it the opportunity to challenge the legality of laws which affect it directly.
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has submitted its first response to the Gibraltar Gaming and Betting Association’s (GBGA) legal case challenging the new UK laws which the UKGC will implement from October 1.
The GBGA case is based on an argument that the new UK gambling law is ““unlawful, because it is an illegitimate, disproportionate and discriminatory interference with the right to free movement of services guaranteed by Article 56 TFEU, and is irrational.”
