The GREaT Foundation, formerly known as the Responsibility in Gambling Trust, will be using January’s International Gaming Expo to promote and acknowledge the unique work undertaken by the gambling industry to help care for the small percentage of people in the UK who are classified as being ‘problem gamblers’. In addition to having a stand presence at what is the most comprehensive b2b gaming event in the world...

London/Munich/Copenhagen, November 4, 2009 – Currently, the French liberalisation plans are probably getting most of the industry’s attention. But in the background, at times almost neglected, several other countries, such as Denmark, are setting about liberalising large parts of their gambling market. Therefore, the consulting firm MECN and the law firm Horten have joined forces to compile a new report that offers an unprecedented in-depth analysis of Denmark’s gambling market.

Kiel/Germany – According to the coalition agreement between the Christian-Democratic Party (CDU) and the Liberal Party (FDP), published on 17 October 2009, Schleswig-Holstein, one of the 16 German states (Länder), will cancel the Interstate Treaty on Gambling (Glücksspielstaatvertrag) and thereby end the state monopoly on gambling. According to Jürgen Koppelin, leader of the Liberal Party Schleswig-Holstein, other German states might follow the example of Schleswig-Holstein. If the Germans states can not agree on a new uniform regulation, CDU and FDF announced to consider a licensing system.

London/Munich – Exactly four years after the first edition, MECN is now issuing the long awaited 2nd and updated version of its landmark report “Privatisation of State-Controlled Gambling Operators”. In this report, MECN and co-authors, such as investment bank Sal. Oppenheim, analyse the topic of privatisation in unprecedented depth and detail.

Online Pokerportale sehen sich seit ihrem Bestehen mit dem Vorwurf konfrontiert, für Geldwäsche oder illegale Finanzflüsse ideale Plattformen zu sein. Jetzt wurde eine Studie der Remote Gambling Association (RGA) veröffentlicht, die aufzeigt, dass Online Poker kein primäres Risiko im Bezug auf Geldwäsche darstellt.

Bereits Ende 2007 hat die EU vor der „World Trade Organisation“ Beschwerde eingelegt, weil der Schaden des „Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Acts“, der 2006 von den USA erlassen wurde, bereits Milliarden betragen würde. Unternehmen der EU seien benachteiligt, hätten hohe wirtschaftliche Schäden, hieß es in der Beschwerde und man verlange Schadenersatz.

Henrik Norsk Hoffman, an attorney with the law firm Lett in Denmark, answered questions by telephone Wednesday about the Danish Ministry of Taxation's announcement this week that sectors of the country's monopolistic gambling market will be liberalized.

A casino in the centre of Northampton has bid to become the town's first 24-hour, seven-day a week gambling venue. The owners of the Gala casino at the Sol Central complex in Marefair have already been awarded a 24-hour gaming licence and have now applied to Northampton Borough Council for planning permission...

The Gaming Sub-Committee with Games and Draws of the House of Representatives refines the legal opinion about the law on the matter, which will not include table games, informed the coordinator of the legislative instance, Armando García Méndez. The Social Democrat legislator anticipated that the Sub-Committee will do anything possible to have the report ready the following week, to present it to the tribune to be debated.

The Florida Senate voted last Friday to advance a bill that would go beyond Governor Charlie Crist’s compact with Seminole casinos, bringing expanded gambling to both racinos and tribal gaming venues. The new bill would continue allowing blackjack at the Seminole casinos, but would also raise poker limits, provide blackjack at existing racinos, and give the tribe roulette and craps.

Virtual casinos take advantage of a regulatory void, but not for much longer, writes Julius Baumann. Online casino Silversands’ days may be numbered with the introduction of SA’s online gambling regulations coming a step closer to reality. Under the proposed regulations, which were published in the Government Gazette for public comment in February...

The Deputy Vice-president of the Chamber of Representatives of Buenos Aires, Walter Martello, reported that governor Daniel Scioli “has the idea to expand the gaming offer in the province”. With regards to the poker tournament to be held in the city, the legislator from the party Coalición Cívica said that the Lottery and Casinos Institute of the Province...