Germany is taking a closer look at loot boxes: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has launched a Bundesrat initiative to strengthen youth and player protection. Transparency, warning labels and stricter age ratings are at the heart of the proposal.

Ahead of our 2025 Gaming in Germany Conference, which will take place November 11 in Berlin, we are hosting a pre-conference webinar on the current state of Germany's regulated iGaming market.

The proposal for a casino in Times Square, backed by Caesars Palace Times Square, Roc Nation and Jay-Z, has taken a major hit from local residents.

Anutin Charnvirakul, newly elected prime minister of Thailand, opposes the Entertainment Complex Bill advanced by his predecessor and says he will not support casinos to spur tourism.

How players self-exclude from gambling varies worldwide – from OASIS in Germany to GAMSTOP in the UK. Systems, rules, and numbers at a glance.

Legal shifts, market momentum and a focus on quality defined this week’s gambling news—from ECJ refund hopes and Greek scandals to booming betting stocks and a leaner but stronger SiGMA Malta.

Sports betting stocks are booming. More and more operators are going public, investors are chasing billion-dollar revenues, but regulation and legal risks remain major challenges. A closer look at the opportunities, risks and key players in the market.

Greece faces a major scandal: around 200 officials are under investigation for laundering millions through licensed betting operators.

SiGMA Europe 2025 in Malta turned out to be smaller than in previous years – but that gave the event its very own charm. With around 12,000 delegates, 400 exhibitors and a relaxed, almost family-like atmosphere, the focus was clearly on networking and personal exchange. A personal review of a gaming expo that proves: sometimes less really is more.

From the all-out bans of 2008 via Schleswig-Holstein’s special approach to the landmark Gambling Treaty of 2021: a detailed journey through the shifting regulatory landscape of online gambling in Germany—and the pressing new EU questions raised in 2025.

In ECJ case C-440/23, the Advocate General has issued his opinion. Refunds of online casino losses could soon receive legal clarity across Europe.

After years of growth, Liechtenstein’s casino market is in crisis: shared exclusion lists with Switzerland have caused revenue drops of up to 85% and triggered the first closures.