Transcript Together we are strong Friedrich Stickler Lottery Expo, 24th october 2012, Miami.

Together we are strong
Friedrich Stickler
Lottery Expo, 24th october 2012, Miami
Overview
The Global Market and forecasts
The European Lotteries
Legal certainty
Fight against illegal operators
Tasks for the future
The Global Market
GGR
Global Market 2011
Source: gbgc Interactive Gambling Report, Jan. 2011
Turnover
Global Market 2011
Source: gbgc Interactive Gambling Report, Jan. 2011
GGR
Online Market
Source: gbgc Interactive Gambling Report, Jan. 2011
Turnover
Online Market
Source: gbgc Interactive Gambling Report, Jan. 2011
The European Lotteries
Key figures
Turnover 99.1 billion EUR
Gross gaming revenue 37.3 billion EUR
Average full-time employees 24.800
Indirect employment 373.000
Legal certainty
Principles for a gambling
policy
Sustainable policy for gambling
Law enforcement against illegal
operators
state
Precaution: consumer protection
economic
area
Coordinated solidarity aproach
Common measures for sport
integrity
global
The role of state lotteries
and licensed operators
Benefit for society
Consumer protection
(Age) Verification
Exclusion
Monitoring
Responsible Advertising
Preventing crime and fraud
Benefit for Society
67% of the European Lotteries Members GGR:
€ 25.1 billion:
€ 2.5 billion to Sport
€ 4.8 billion to Other Good Causes
€ 17.8 billion to Treasury
Money from state lotteries
to society
Others 7.69 %
Sport 36.31 %
Development
1.96 %
Environment / climate
change 2.17 %
Education / youth
2.44 %
Science / health /
research 7.14 %
Culture / cultural heritage
14.82 %
Charity
(social projects)
27.47 %
Policy proposals
Licences for gambling products are issued
only at national level
Principle of mutual recognition does not
apply
You are either legal or you are not – no grey
market
Policy proposals
Responsibility for the protection of
consumers lies with the Member States
Internal consistency of a Member States’
gambling policy is a national competence
Legal certainty - threats
Trend towards liberalization
Offshore operators lobby increasingly
Fight against illegal
operators
Fight against illegal
operators
15.000 existing websites
Annual revenues exceeding €12 billion in 2013
12.500 without a license = unauthorised
500 licensed operators in Malta
5 times more operators without a license than
licensed operators
Source: greenpaper on online gambling, european commission 2011
US Offshore Interactive
Gambling GGR
Source: H2 Gambling Capital
Fight against illegal
operators
Offshore operators without license offer a
wide range of products:
Lottery
Casino
Poker
Sports Betting
No limits for wagers and age
Higher payout percentage
No taxes
Competitive disadvantage for authorised operators
Portfolio
Provider
SPORTSCARD VIDEO
ROULETTE
BETTING
GAMES POKER
SLOT
MACHINES
POKER
SKILL
SRATCH
LOTTO
BINGO KENO
GAMES
TICKETS
Bwin
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Bet-at-home
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PartyGaming
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Interwetten
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888
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Fight against illegal
operators
Adopting law enforcement measures
IP/DNS blocking mechanisms
Defining payment solutions and
blocking measures for transactions
Banning illegal advertising
Setting up of black lists
state
economic
area
global
Fight against illegal
operators
Explore solutions for coordination
between National Regulatory
Authorities
Implement the “unfair operator
principle”
Implementation of an Anti-Money
Laundering Directive
state
economic
area
global
Preservation of Sport
integrity
Common definition of sports fraud as a
criminal offense
Definition of sports fraud as a criminal
offense under national legislation
International platform for exchange of
information and management of cross
border aspects
International Agency for Sports integrity
state
economic
area
global
Matchfixing – Known cases
308 cases in 2011
(open sources/monitoring FDJ)
9%
7%
Western Europe
38%
10%
Eastern Europe
Asia
America
26%
10%
Oceania
Africa
Tasks for the future
Tasks for the future
Joint lobbying
Common games
International monitoring system
International cooperations:
e.g. corporate purchasing
Joint lobbying
European Lotteries
Office in Brussels
Development of position papers
Submissions to EU papers
Image Folders
Common games
Powerball – highest jackpot 364 million $
Mega Millions – highest jackpot 656 million $
Euromillionen – highest jackpot 190 million €
Trend for the future
Intensify cooperation amongst Lotteries in their
continents
Powerball and
Mega Millions
Mega Millions
Powerball
Both
Euromillionen
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Austria
Belgium
UK
France
Ireland
Luxembourg
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
Eurojackpot and
Viking Loto