Too expensive, too dangerous: Regulated online poker is unsuitable for money laundering

New TÜV study develops assessment criteria for regulators and providers

by Ansgar Lange

Vienna, September 2013. Whenever in recent years discussions in the context of the German inter-state treaty on gambling (GlüStV) have touched on the issue of the regulation of the online poker market, critics of such regulation argued with the horror scenario of money laundering – an argument which up to now has not been sustainable. … Continue Reading

Remote gaming – consultation ends and the ministry digests

Alan Littler of Kalff Katz & Franssen has recently published a short article about the consultation process concerning the proposed remote gaming bill as published by the Dutch Ministry of Security & Justice in May 2013. The article entitled “Remote gaming – consultation ends and the ministry digests” was published in Issue 5 (2013) of iNTERGAMINGi (www.intergameonline.com).

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Hans-Jörn Arp and Wolfgang Kubicki: Granting of licenses in the remaining 15 states threatened to fail due to legal difficulties?

Published on 25 September 2013

German version: http://www.isa-guide.de/isa-gaming/articles/93446.html

“For over a year now, the remaining 15 federal states have not managed to grant sports betting and online-casino licenses on the basis of the current Interstate Treaty on Gambling. Obviously, there are enormous legal problems regarding the implementation of this treaty. … Continue Reading

The Need for New Regulatory Changes in Spain

by Santiago Asensi, Partner, Asensi Abogados

Just over one year has elapsed since the first online gaming licenses were granted in Spain and the latest figures published indicate a clear downward trend. It is certainly shocking to see how a situation of stagnation has been reached after such a short time in a new market whose growth figures were initially expected to have much greater room for improvement. … Continue Reading

Will the Italian Gaming Operators ever manage to pull their lobbying acts together?

By Quirino Mancini, Partner, Head of Sports, Media &Gaming Practice at SCM Lawyers, Rome

Over the last few months the Italian gaming industry has been heavily targeted, more than ever before, by the media whose bias, ill-information and populistic propaganda are simply stunning. Many politicians looking for visibility also promptly rode the media wave urging the government to freeze any release of new authorisations and licences to gaming operators but obviously omitting to say how to offset the ensuing shortfall in tax revenues that would immediately and substantially impact the Treasury’s budget if it did decide to anyhow downsize the gaming operations in Italy. … Continue Reading