The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) is the Brussels-based trade association of leading online gambling operators licensed in the European Union, representing them before EU institutions and national regulators on regulation, taxation, advertising and consumer protection, and publishing annual European market data, channelisation studies and a code of conduct on responsible advertising and sustainable gambling. Its members are among the largest listed operators in Europe.
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The Gaming Supervisory Authority opened an account, funded it and bet on sports results, then took the evidence to the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court. Internet providers must block the site and payment firms must stop dealing with Adventure One QSS. It is the first prediction market Lithuania has treated as an unlicensed bookmaker, and the 2,204th site it has blocked.
The Dutch regulator says it would rather have waited for the appeal ruling, but the current licences expire on 31 December. If the monopoly falls, revocation will come no sooner than a year after the judgment.
The European Gaming and Betting Association changes leadership on 1 September, with Maarten Haijer stepping down after 13 years as Secretary General. His successor has named the illegal market as the priority.
Europe now has its first common technical framework for detecting risky gambling behaviour. The new EN 18144 standard, published by CEN and backed by the EGBA, gives operators a shared methodology that could reshape how player protection works across the continent.
Seven of Europe’s major gambling regulators have agreed to strengthen joint efforts against illegal online gambling networks, warning that fast-growing
A groundbreaking initiative to create the first-ever pan-European standard for identifying markers of gambling harm has been successfully approved, in a major