As expected, the European Commission will step up this week with a legal action againts Germany’s new gambling act that outlaws online gaming and betting, as Reuters reports.
Moreover, the Commission says it wasn’t informed properly. The online gambling market regulation seems one of the few areas in the economy where the EU members states seem […]
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Germany - under EC attack on its new gambling act
Antigua - on the blacklist of the UK Gambling Commission
According to the UK’s Gambling Commission’s newsletter the Canadian Kahnawake Mohawk territory and Antigua have both failed in their bid to be to be added to their white list thus preventing their online gambling operators from advertising in the UK.
“After careful assessment of their representations against the published criteria, the Secretary of State has also […]
Soon - new gambling law in Finland, after Professor Kalle Määttä’s report
Law and Economics Professor Kalle Määttä was hired by the Finland Ministry of Health and External Affairs to draft a report on the problem of protecting chidren and gambling addicts.
His report could lead to a change in the Finland’s gambling law in 2008 and 2009, but also to comply with the EC decisions, although other […]
Court of Appeal of Versailles shows no mercy for French gambling law
The Court of Appeal of Versailles called on 21 January 2007 to the French authorities to justify their regulatory framework is consistent, proportionate and justified, applying thus the European Court of Justice interpretation in the cases of Gambelli and Placanica.
The Court considered that referring a question for a preliminary ruling to the ECJ was […]
Costa Rica - not a good place for gambling operations
Or at least - not in relation with the US authorities, that started the 2008 by disregarding again the problems with the EU and WTO treaty on the gambling issues and decided to go an arrest 8 persons that allegedly “made millions of dollars in profits annually.”
Reuters reports :
Twelve men face charges including conspiracy […]
UK gambling commission publishes guidance for online gambling business how to deal with money laundering and combatting terrorism
The UK Gambling Commission, a UK body sponsored by the Department for Culture Media and Sport and established under the Gambling Act in 2005 that is unded by betting licensing fees, has the responsibility of regulating betting and remote gaming for the UK.
The Commission has adopted on 28 December 2007 a Guidance document […]