Online-Glücksspiel boomt: Die Netz-Casinos haben rund um die Uhr geöffnet, man muss das Haus nicht verlassen, um zu spielen, was wiederum die Ausgaben für Kost und Logis senkt und an den virtuellen Roulette- und Pokertischen ist auch immer ein Platz frei. Nach Schätzungen der Analysten von H2 Gambling Capital wurden im Jahr 2012...
Nearly 50 sport betting providers are still waiting to obtain a federal license in Germany in the ongoing tender procedure in the state of Hesse. And yet, they are already obliged to pay turnover tax on sports betting offers provided to German customers. Most of the providers pay the tax: Since 1 July 2012 sports betting operators have paid around 200 million Euros...
Frankfurt am Main. The English conference organisers CLARION are accustomed to success: they organise, among other events, the ICE Show in London - the largest gaming trade show in Europe. The format for the World Regulatory Briefing (WrB) is just as successful: an international series of events which takes a closer look at the world-wide legal framework conditions for the gaming sector.
As of February 8, 2013, all German federal states introduced legislation regulating games of chance, the so-called Interstate Treaty on Gambling (ITG). Despite this al- leged harmonised legal situation, the Gambling Reform Act Schleswig-Holstein (GRA SH) is still applicable for gaming operators who are in possession of the licence issued by the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein.
Online operators move ahead in their attempt to monetize the vast customer base that has coalesced around the social web in recent years. Social games and online gambling promise to be ideal candidates for creating additional revenue, not least for social networks. In Germany, however...
Besprechung des aktuellen Aufsatzes „Unionsrechtliche Kohärenzfragen zu der regulatorischen Disparität zwischen dem in Schleswig-Holstein und dem in den anderen Bundesländern anwendbaren Glücksspielrecht“, ZfWG 2013, S. 153 ff. von Prof. Dr. Koenig LL.M. (Direktor am Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung) und Matti Meyer (wissenschaftlicher Referent am selbigen Zentrum).
