1. FOR THE BENEFIT OF (EUROPEAN) SOCIETY Tjeerd Veenstra Budapest, 23 February 2011

2. EU Lotteries 53 State (licensed) lotteries and totos Draw based games, instant tickets, sportgames parimutual and fixedodds Sales: € 76,6 billion, GGR: € 34,7 billion Payments to society (treasury, duties, sports and othergoodcauses): € 22,4 billion (2009) 64 % of GGR Contribution to sports: > € 2 billion

3. EL principles Subsidiarity National authorisation system Internalcoherence of nationalrestrictivepolicy Integrity Includesintegrity of sportscompetition Precaution Goodgovernancerequirescautiousapproach Solidarity Public economic interest

4. The EuropeanCommunity EU Commission Green paper onon-linegambling in the InternalMarket EU Parliament Schaldemose report onon-linegambling EU Council ResolutionadoptedbyCompetitivenessCouncil December 2010: Contributionsby state lotteries and lotterieslicensedby the state playan important rolefor society, via forexample the funding of goodcauses, directlyorindirectlywhereapplicable, and thisspecificroleneeds to berecognized in discussions at the European level

5. The EU EU Court of Justice Subsidiarity No mutualrecognition/country of origin Internet as additional distribution networksubmitted to nationalrules and regulation

6. EL governance National rules and regulation EL Standards EL Code of conductforsportsbetting Partnership with UEFA, IOC, SportAccord etc. EL Monitoring system

7. The battle Remotegambling operators vsnationalgovernments National and Europeancourt cases Focus nowonnationaldevelopments internet Controlled opening online supply different MS Lobby focus on As low as possible% dutyon GGR (not full stake) Unlimited access Competitivenessglobalnetwork intact Suggestion of extensiveincomefor state

8. Thanksforyourattention veenstra@lotto.nl