Telecommunication partnership, Solutions and Infrastructure Services Limited (SIS) will invite the world to Malta when the global e-gaming industry descends on London’s Earls Court Exhibition Centre for ICEi, part of the 2009 International Gaming Expo (IGE). The result of a joint venture between Siemens SpA, Italy and Midi Plc, Malta, SIS offers consultation and support for new gaming companies setting up in Malta...

Britain and Malta teamed up this week in a bid to head off moves by EU president of France to forge a bloc-wide policy for regulating the multi-billion euro gambling industry. France put forward a discussion paper to a meeting of the bloc’s 27 industry ministers that said there were "already grounds for seeking a common approach". In the past, gambling could be dealt with nationally, but the rise of cross-border online betting undermines this.

Mit Beschluss vom 10.06.2008 (Az.: KZR 61/07) hat der Bundesgerichtshof die Nichtzulassungsbeschwerde eines in Malta ansässigen Sportwettenveranstalters gegen das Urteil des OLG Düsseldorf vom 08.08.2007 (Az. VI – U 40/06, ZfWG 2007, 394) kostenpflichtig zurückgewiesen. Damit ist die Entscheidung des OLG Düsseldorf rechtskräftig, mit der das OLG - wie auch zuvor das LG Düsseldorf - es abgelehnt hatte, dem ausländischen Sportwettenveranstalter aus kartellrechtlichen Gründen die Veranstaltung von Sportwetten zu festen Gewinnquoten zu gestatten.

An Italian draft decree on the regulation of remote gaming which lays down requirements for remote (online) gambling operators seeking to do business in Italy has raised concerns from Malta, in the form of a Detailed Opinion. The European Commission has also expressed reservations on a number of aspects of the decree particularly on games, IT and consumer protection.