BetClic Everest Group subsidiary Bet-At-Home has decided to mount a legal challenge of its inclusion on the Belgian Gaming Commission’s online gambling blacklist. DLA Piper’s law blog reported that the Malta-based gambling outfit had initiated proceedings at the Belgian Court of First Instance, but given the recent defeat at the same court by similarly blacklisted operator Bwin, Bet-At-Home’s attorneys would appear to have their work cut out for them. Belgian media reported Bet-At-Home’s strategy would focus on provisions in the eCommerce Directive 2000/31 regarding the lack of internet “filtering” obligations of internet service providers. Bet-At-Home has a July 16 date with the court.
Wrapping up this legal whip-round, John Eamer – the dickless wonder who punched a female Ladbrokes clerk twice in the face after she informed him that his losing 50p Euro 2012 wager wasn’t going to earn him the handsome £1.30 payout he expected – won’t be going to jail over the incident. On Tuesday, the self-described ‘marijuana addict’ was sentenced to a 12-month community order and given 200-hours of community service. What’s even more galling about this sentence is that this wasn’t even the first time the burly Eamer had assaulted someone profoundly weaker than himself. In 2008, Eamer was sentenced to 15 months for beating up an old age pensioner who had the gall to sit next to Eamer on a bench. It’s a shame Charles Bronson’s passed on, that’s all we’ll say.