Bonn (SR) - The debate over the regulation of loot boxes continues to rage in several parts of Europe. Approaches to solving the problem in the political arena differ considerably.
Bonn (SR) - The debate over the regulation of loot boxes continues to rage in several parts of Europe. Approaches to solving the problem in the political arena differ considerably.
Bonn/Berlin - One day after Gamescom, the world's biggest gaming fair, legal experts met on 28 August 2023 at the online event hosted by "gluecksspielwesen.de"...
In a bid to combat illegal activities associated with offshore gaming operations in the Philippines, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has introduced a new regulatory framework for offshore gaming companies.
Lootboxes – Time for Solutions, is the title of the third online event within a year by gluecksspielwesen.de on the topic of lootboxes on 28 August 2023 between 10:00 and 12:00.
The Interstate Treaty on Gambling 2021 means the start of a new era. Online gambling, such as virtual slot machines, sports betting, etc., is permissible and therefore legal under certain conditions.
With the re-regulated German and Dutch online gambling markets to open soon, several publicly listed online gambling operators have already announced their interest in entering these markets.
Both Sachsen-Anhalt and Saarland have now ratified Germany's new State Gambling Treaty (GlüStV 2021). The ratification by Sachsen-Anhalt is particularly important as this state will be the proposed seat of the new national gambling regulator.
At the beginning of March the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/212 of 13 December 2017 came into force. Through this amendment, the European Commission added Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, and Tunisia to the list of "high-risk third countries".
In a ground-breaking decision (matter “Ince” – C-336/14 –), the European Court of Justice (“CJEU”) declared that German criminal authorities must not prosecute intermediaries of sports betting services, as the respective stipulations penalising private operators in Germany are incompliant with EU law.
Washington, DC (November 17, 2011) – Former Senator Alfonse D’Amato, Chairman of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today testified before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee on the future of online gaming and its potential impact on Indian tribes. “Indian Country has long been an important stakeholder in the American gaming history.
The other shoe dropped on Full Tilt Poker last week, ending any hope that former customers could recoup their deposits and launching another effort by U.S. online poker interests to establish a legal internet poker industry with a strict regulatory system. The U.S. Department of Justice last week amended the original Full Tilt indictment, issued on April 15—“Black Friday”— that effectively ended Full Tilt in the U.S.
Belgium’s new online gambling rules introduce stricter licensing and sanctions, but vague provisions leave operators facing major regulatory uncertainty.