Abstract
This book looks at the Law and the Policy on Betting and Sport in many countries around the world—sport is a global phenomenon—providing a very useful and valuable comparative survey on a subject that is so vital for safeguarding and preserving the integrity of those sports in which betting is legally allowed. The country reports show how sports-related betting is organized in the country concerned, also from a historical and policy perspective (national Lotteries Act; state run/state licensed lotteries and/or private operators; how the licensing system for public operators works; state supervisory mechanisms, etc.), and contain a treatment of the national case law.
Jean-Luc Schaus—Attorney at Law.
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- 1.
“Loi du 15 février 1882 sur les loteries,” Mémorial A, (the official Luxembourg gazette) (hereafter, Mém.) 1882, 129, as amended by the law of April 20, 1977, Mém. 1977, 548; the law of August 1, 2001, Mém. 2001, 2440; the law of July 30, 2002, Mém. 2002, 1830.
- 2.
“Loi du 20 avril 1977 relative à l’exploitation des jeux de hasard et des paris relatifs aux épreuves sportives,” Mém. 1977, 548 as amended by the law of August 11, 1998, Mém. 1998, 1456; the law of November 12, 2004, Mém. 2004, 2766.
- 3.
Articles 1964–1966 of the Luxembourg Civil Code are identical to Articles 1964–1966 of the French Civil Code.
- 4.
Projet de loi (Law project) N° 1433, motivation of the governement, p. 1262.
- 5.
The commentary to the law project in turn refers to the commentary to a Belgian law of 1902 which is the basis of the Luxembourg law of June 15, 1903 discussed later. To be compared with a French judicial decision of August 13, 1831, (Royal Court of Angers, published in Sirey, 2nd series, 1832, p. 273) which suggests that the winner of a billiard game could not claim his prize in court, because “[the exception of article 1966] was established for public interest considerations, and one doesn’t see how the dexterity and practice of a billiard player can lead to a sturdy soldier or useful citizen.”
- 6.
Introduced by the law of June 16, 1879, as amended.
- 7.
Article 410 of the 1810 Criminal Code.
- 8.
Article 557, 3° of the Criminal Code; see also, commentary to the law project which led to the law of April 20, 1977 (law project N° 1433).
- 9.
See Royal Decree of May 31, 1828 (Mém. 1828, n° 34); Law of February 15, 1882 on lotteries (Mém. 1882, N° 13. P. 129).
- 10.
Mém. 1948, N° 9, p. 179.
- 11.
“Collègue des bourgmestre et échevins.”
- 12.
Mém. 1983, N° 60, p. 1345.
- 13.
Grand-Ducal Decree of July 13, 1945, MĂ©m. 1945, p. 392, as amended by the Grand-Ducal Decree of December 29, 1960, MĂ©m. 1960, p. 1551; and the Grand-Ducal Decree of August 26, 2005, MĂ©m. 2005, p. 2584.
- 14.
The Œuvre Nationale de Secours Grand-Duchesse Charlotte is a charity organization created by the Grand-Ducal Decree of December 25, 1944, (mém. 1945, p. 7).
- 15.
Luxembourg administrative court (First instance), July 26, 2000, N°10605.
- 16.
Mém. 1903, N° 43, p. 641.
- 17.
Mém. 1948, N° 9, p. 179.
- 18.
Article 7 of the 1903 law.
- 19.
Mém. 1948, N° 57, p. 1075.
- 20.
MĂ©m. 1987, p. 1739, amended by the Grand-Ducal Regulation of June 5, 1997, MĂ©m. 1997, p. 1459; and the Grand-Ducal Regulation of August 1, 2001, MĂ©m. 2001, p. 2449.
- 21.
Law of December 1, 1978 on the non-contentious administrative procedure (MĂ©m. 1978, p. 2486).
- 22.
Article 2 of the law of November 7, 1996 on administrative courts (MĂ©m. 1996, p. 2262).
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Schaus, JL. (2011). Sports Betting in Luxembourg. In: Anderson, P., Blackshaw, I., Siekmann, R., Soek, J. (eds) Sports Betting: Law and Policy. ASSER International Sports Law Series. T.M.C. Asser Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-6704-799-9_33
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