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 [...]
A series of important event have been happening at the end of the year in the EU-US gambling debate :
US has agreed with EU that it will pay a compensation rather than allow European online gaming companies into the American gambling sector.
This doesn’t solve the US problem with Antigua
But US has also conceded [...]
Bwin has win a new case in the German courts, in a series of legal cases that have complicated the life of the german bookmaker and have caused significant ups and dows of its shares.
The new case decided last week by the German regional court in Saxony said that the operator can continue to provide [...]
The suspension hearing on the appeal for the annulment of Decree No. 163/2007, which has changed the conditions of sale and collection of betting on the so-called marketing points, was accepted by the Tribunal in Roma
The appeal was submitted by the licensees of Microgame Spa and other 4 dealers: Pluralia, Replatz, PakundoBet and NorBet. [...]
This is the result of a TÃœV Rheinland and Hambach & Hambach law firm panel that met in Koln on 3 December to discuss about the initiatives of the drafters of a German States Treaty on gambling.
Online-casions.com covers the main subjects discussed :
Many past reports held that the State Treaty on Gambling violates constitutional and [...]
The House of Representatives in Cyprus decided to lower the betting tax from 25% on all football bets and 10% on horse racing to a flat 10% rate on the net income.Â
The suggestion came from the Ministry of Finance that was worried on the rising of the illeagal betting systems available in the country.
As I found reading the Net Bet Blog, a Bulgarian newspaper, Trud, reports on some changes in the gambling regulatory framework, by allowing online gambling – but also significant difference in the tax regime : the suggested change made by the Ministry of Finance – changing the tax on 10% of the total revenue to [...]
It seems that the Sweden’s tax authority wants to clamp down on online gambling affiliate. Accoriding with a report from Gaming Intelligence Group the Skatteverket – Sweden’s Tax Office has issued “a request for information to the country’s internet infrastructure providers as part of their ongoing investigation of online commerce. Of notable interest to the [...]
Microgaming, the largest software house of gambling online, announces that the Lotteries and Gaming Authority LGA- Malta has issued a license online class IV for its casinos produced by the Lotteries and Gaming Authority LGA- Malta.
The license will bring benefits to partners of software providers who have the desire to work in Europe. In addition, [...]
Party Gaming, the world’s leading publicly traded online gaming company agreed the conclusion of an exclusive contract with RTL interactive, a subsidiary of the German TV station RTL Television, which is part of the RTL Group, Europe’s leading entertainment and media network.
Due to the great popularity of poker, RTL in Germany has decided to launch [...]