World Regulatory Briefing 2015
Host: Clarion Gaming
Location: London
Date: 3 – 5 February
By Dr. Wulf Hambach, Founding Partner at Hambach & Hambach law firm and Dr. Alan Littler, Lawyer at Kalff Katz & Franssen Attorneys-at-law
The European Commission (the ‘EC’) released recommendations regarding consumer protection in the online gambling industry in July 2014 – a measure that is very distinct from its powers to regulate competition in the European market through the commencement of infringement proceedings against Member States. In this article, two leading experts in gaming law – Dr Wulf Hambach (founding partner at German law firm Hambach & Hambach) and Dr Alan Littler (prominent gaming lawyer at Dutch firm Kalff Katz & Franssen Attorneys) – team up to discuss their views on the impact that this new measure can have, in particular at a national level, as well as some of the resistance coming out of Germany.
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Source: WOGLR
On 30 January the Gaming Practice at Kalff Katz & Franssen will host its “Annual Gaming Industry Event” in Amsterdam. Invitees will hear from three highly acclaimed speakers, namely:
– Michel Groothuizen, Director General of Sanctions & Prevention Policy, Ministry of Security and Justice (the Netherlands)
– Joseph Cuschieri, Executive Chairman, Malta Gaming Authority
– Julian Harris, Partner, Harris Hagan, London and past-President of IAGA
The speeches will be followed by a cocktail reception.
***Please note that the event is by invitation only.***
Quirino Mancini’s interview at the eGaming Summit that took place on the Isle of Man last November. In this little talk with a press journalist given after is panel presentation Quirino calls for the need for the gaming industry to embark on a charity initiative of unprecedented proportions as a way to redress the very bad reputatIon and image of gaming in the face of the media and the public opinion in general.
