Future iGaming Conference
Host: WBR
Date: 2 – 4 December 2014
Location: London, UK
http://igaming.wbresearch.com/
by Nicole Macedo A new case opinion about ECJ player losses has ruled cases brought against operators without local licences are not an abuse of EU law. Hundreds of player losses cases in Germany face further delays after an opinion released by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has failed to determine whether Germany’s gambling treaty was […]
Host: American Gaming Association Location: Las Vegas, California, USA Date: 9 – 12 October 2023 https://www.globalgamingexpo.com/
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Host: WBR
Date: 2 – 4 December 2014
Location: London, UK
http://igaming.wbresearch.com/
Host: Kalff Katz & Franssen & Queen Mary University of London
Date: 25 November 2014
Location: Paris, France
by Daniel Mcadam
Legal experts have warned that in just over two months’ time all EU online gaming operators will be liable for VAT in Germany in the latest setback for companies targeting Europe’s largest economy.
The European Union’s new VAT directive, designed to capture more tax from internet giants such as Amazon and Apple, will change the way the sales tax is collected from where the company is located
By Peter Langenbach
Experts think that payment blocking in the context of online gambling will not be able to be implemented
Potsdam, October 2014. Whilst the Conference of the Minister Presidents of the German Federal States will meet this week to discuss, among other issues, the Inter-State Treaty on Gambling and its implementation in Germany, a series of gambling providers are facing massive repression by the Federal States. The States intend to ban gambling offers on the internet, if necessary by blocking payment transactions – an instrument which, it is remarkable to note, has been advocated by the representatives of the state-run lottery associations, such as Michel Burkert, who plays a leading role in the Deutsche Lotto- und Totoblock, is the manager of Saarland-Sporttoto GmbH, and who wants to prevent transfers of funds to other countries. In plain language: Banks, credit card companies, payment providers are intended to interrupt the monetary flows between players and online gambling providers, even if they are licensed in the EU. This is the widespread theory. … Continue Reading
By David Altaner, GamblingCompliance
The warning letters, which threaten prison sentences, follow dozens of prohibition orders issued by Lower Saxony and other German authorities seeking to shut unlicensed websites.
The effort is similar to German officials’ attempts several years ago to get internet service providers to block websites — efforts that were not successful in the courts, said Munich-based gambling law attorney Wulf Hambach.
