Bet on the 2008 French Open now!
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Betting on the latest tennis tournament on clay was almost put to sleep.
The 2008 French Open at Roland Garros is merely days away before it kicks off. However, organizers of the clay court tournament want to stop any betting activity whatsoever on the coming Grand Slam event.
Luckily for sports betting fans, major online gambling companies fended off a legal challenge from French Open organizers to stop betting activities on the coming Grand Slam tournament. A liege court ruled that those online gambling companies are not violating any rights of the French tennis federation by offering bets for French Open matches.
The French tennis federation claimed that online betting has already stained the reputation of the French Open, especially after all those scandals Internet gambling found itself into. Because of this, the federation decided to sue three companies namely; Betfair, bwin and Ladbrokes.
Unfortunately for the federation, the court ruled in favor of the three.
In a statement, the European Gaming & Betting Association said the court had concluded ”these operators had behaved in a prudent and diligent manner.”
”EU-licensed bookmakers are professionals that have a high level of expertise, know-how and risk management skills. This has been clearly recognized by the Belgian judge looking at the fact-based evidence to dismiss all the claims in this case,” EGBA Secretary General Sigrid Ligne said.
”The judge also considered that the simple mention of…
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