Codere wins appeal against Sportingbet

SPORTINGBET has fallen to Codere’s legal attack on regulating online gambling. In a report in Online-Casinos, Codere’s legal team has reportedly won the original compliant that removed Sportingbet’s miapuesta.com and miapuesta.es sites from the internet. In backlash, Sportingbet appealed and posted a €2m bond while the court deliberated the validity of the appeal request. Madrid’s Mercantile Court No. 10 recently issued a ruling that “any offering of gaming or betting activity that has not been granted a prior administrative authorization is, indisputably, prohibited.”

A court in Madrid has ruled that shutting down Sportingbet’s sit was legally correct, meaning Codere has won another victory in their mission to stamp down on such sites.

As well as Sportingbet being in the firing line, PokerStars has also been a target, however they have managed to dodge Codere lodged complaints. The court determined that PokerStars should not be held liable for not applying for licenses that did not exist at the time.
Codere is using the Madrid court’s “indisputably prohibited” wording as gospel claiming it leaves no doubt as to how the rest of its cases will be determined. Codere maintains that the total sum the offshore online companies collectively owe the state coffers is “hundreds of millions of Euros.”