Frm. President of the German Federal Constitutional Court, Prof Dr. Dres. h.c. Hans-Jürgen Papier: Foreword to the new handbook for judges on German Gaming Law

Kommentar zum Glücks- und Gewinnspielrecht in den Medien (Commentary on Betting and Gaming Law in the Media)

Source: Kommentar zum Glücks- und Gewinnspielrecht in den Medien, 1^st edition 2014, published by C. H. Beck, Munich

No other area of public law has experienced a similarly far-reaching and rapid development in recent years as has the field of betting and gaming law, not least including, above all, the law governing sports bets. This was due to a variety of reasons, based in part on technological development, but also on legal considerations, under aspects of EU law as well as constitutional law. Online media and the offers contained in these media naturally are no longer constrained by national borders, and in particular, not by the state borders within the federalist structure of Germany. … Continue Reading

Great Potential for Fantasy Sports Games in Europe

From left to right: Santiago Asensi (Managing Partner Asensi Abogados), Justin Franssen (Founding Partner Kalff Katz & Franssen), Quirino Mancini (Senior Partner SCM Lawyers) and Wulf Hambach (Founding Partner Hambach & Hambach)

Sports Gaming Summit (Berlin): The Founders of GamingLaw.eu see great potential for Fantasy Sports Games in Europe – following the success from the U.S.A. and U.K. and latest legal clarifications in Germany

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German Betting Licences Set To Miss World Cup Kick Off

By Daniel Macadam

German operators yesterday said that sports-betting licences will not be issued in time for this summer’s football World Cup, with many looking ahead to 2015 instead.

Commercial and state operators alike at a conference in Berlin dismissed any hopes that the coveted 20 licences would be active ahead of kick off in Brazil this June.

“No question. It will not happen,” Heinz-Georg Sundermann, managing director of Lotto Hessen, told GamblingCompliance.

“The World Cup is really not the discussion in Germany for the moment. The discussion is this year or not.” … Continue Reading

Betting on Football

Host: SBC Events

Date: 8 May 2014

Location: London

http://www.sbcnews.co.uk/bettingonfootball/

Brand-New Springer Publication on European Gambling Law

Highly respected Springer International Publishing is releasing these days a monograph on European Gambling Law. The book “Empirical Views on European Gambling Law and Addiction” provides a comprehensive analysis of and a novel view on gaming law in the EU/EEA.

Dr Simon Planzer, a lecturer in law and gaming lawyer specialising in European and Swiss gaming law authored the book. His work offers a new perspective on gaming at the intersection of law and science.

The book first of all provides an overview of the available statutory law and an exhaustive critical analysis of the voluminous case law of the Court of Justice of the EU and the EFTA Court. In addition, the book offers an empirical perspective by verifying whether key findings in the case law are actually supported by empirical evidence on addiction. The causes and consequences of the Court of Justice’s special approach to gaming services are then explained. … Continue Reading