The spotlight is on the Philippines as the region's gaming industry is expected to overtake its pre-pandemic position by 2026. Player confidence is soaring in the world's most flexible industry.

On June 11, 2008, the French Government announced it would open its gaming markets as a result of pressure from the European Commission. The main features of the new liberalized gaming law have been announced. However, because the legal process to open the French gaming market is still at a political stage, the new law is still an evolving work in progress and amendments are quite probable.

The paragraphs below try to summarise the most relevant regulatory and commercial developments that dramatically affected the Italian gaming business over the last biennium. The 2006 year marked the beginning of a new era for the Italian gaming industry. In an effort to put an end to the thriving business of many foreign-based gambling sites that had long since been aggressively targeting and profitably servicing Italian players without holding an Italian licence...

“The potential of growth of the games and draws industry in Mexico is subject to the fee of the government taxes plus special taxes,” said executive president of the Group of Economists and Associates (GEA), Mauricio González. “For each percentage point of additional government tax in the gaming industry, we would be reducing the growth potential of this industry in a similar proportion”, indicated in its participation with licensees of the games and draw sector.

The Gambling Commission is set to step up legal action against Germany next week for thwarting foreign competition in the country’s gaming markets, the Reuters news agency reports, quoting an unnamed source who said: "The decision is expected to be adopted by the Commission next Thursday." After signing a protectionist accord to ban online gambling in Germany to shield state monopolies from competition from companies in other EU member nations...