Brussels, 13/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Mediator, Nikiforos Diamandouros has just submitted a special report to the European Parliament on the Commission's inactivity in the area of sports betting, in which the freedom to provide services is not guaranteed in all Member States. The Court of Justice ruled that restrictions in order to protect consumers were legitimate but that a Member State could use this to justify a monopoly in sports betting or gambling which it promoted...