Activities of Lothar BISKY related to 2012/2322(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on online gambling in the internal market
Amendments (3)
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes the view that Member State regulation, in particular in the form of state monopolies, helps to keep gambling operations within controlled channels and thus to guard against the risk of fraud or crime in the context of such operations;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that sport only receives a low financial return on commercial betting activities although it constitutes the main activity area for online gambling; recommends, therefore, the setting of a common minimum percentage of gambling revenues to be redistributed to non-profit sports federations, that have to ensure the sustainable financing fordevelopment of grassroots sport, including by setting up suitable public funding arrangements;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that the Council of Europe is planning to draw up a convention on measures to combat match fixing which is expected to be adopted in the second half of 2014, and calls for the European Union and its Member States to support this process fully;