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Gambling

Ruling that PokerStars is located in Isle of Man, not Malta

In a lawsuit where the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal ruled that PokerStars is located in the Isle of Man and not Malta, the judge...

EGBA Urges Finland to Fix its Gambling Policy

Reading Time: 2 minutes  The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has urged the Finnish government to “fix” its gambling policy by bringing an...

Ukrainian Cabinet Elects Ivan Rudyi as Chairman of Gambling Regulation Commission

Reading Time: 4 minutes  The members of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) have achieved record compliance rates for age verification checks, according to...

There’s a chance European gambling commissions gone too tough on legal online gambling

The FINANCIAL — The virtual world has a very big influence on many different things. Gambling is no exception. Big profit can be made from...

EU Suggests Loot Boxes Fall Under Consumer Protections, Not Gambling

The great debate within the halls of regulators, involving gambling characteristics that are attached to in-game loot box purchases, has taken a new...

Report: EU should treat loot boxes as a consumer protection matter

The European Union should handle video game loot boxes with consumer protection legislation rather than gambling. That's the conclusion of a report conducted for the...

EGBA unveils first pan-European igaming advertising code

The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has published the first pan-European code of conduct for responsible advertising for online gambling, with a particular...

Thunderbite Granted UKGC License

Reading Time: minute  Australia has enforced an online gambling credit card ban, meaning that players can no longer use them as a payment...

Not (yet) up to the task: how eurozone members are gambling away post-Covid economic recovery

The Eurogroup needed a highest-common-factor agreement to match the coronavirus crisis but intergovernmentalism left it with the lowest common denominator. After the Eurogroup meeting on...

Gambling in Portugal: A potential breach of freedom

The Portuguese framework The Portuguese tax regime for online gambling has been established by Decree-Law No....

EU igaming revenue to reach €29.3bn by 2022

Online gaming revenue generated by operators across the European Union (EU) in 2018 amounted to €22.2bn (£18.7bn/$24.6bn), with the market expected to grow to...

Remote gambling – all bets off? | Law Society of Scotland

From a lawyer’s perspective, the remote gambling industry provides a whole range of interesting legal challenges in the areas of data protection, multi-jurisdictional contractual...

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