10Juli
VIXIO: Germany Increases Slots Stake Limits From €1 To Max €5
Published at VIXIO by Melanie Dayasena-Lowe, www.vixio.com Slots stake limits increased in staged approach from €1 cap Operators face new reporting and monitoring requirements Industry hopes it will make the licensed market more competitive Germany has made...
19März
IGB: Can prediction markets crack Europe’s regulatory block?
By Martin Bjoerck, published at igamingbusiness.com As prediction markets boom in the US, European regulators move swiftly to block them, exposing a widening a transatlantic divide over whether they are considered financial innovation or simply...
16März
IGB: Should the EU implement its own harmonised gambling tax? A political idea meets legal reality
By Martin Bjoerck, published at igamingbusines.com Brussels proposes an EU gambling tax to fund education, but legal realities and market fragmentation make an EU levy a distant prospect. Europe’s online gambling industry has grown quietly...
30Okt.
Hambach & Hambach advises Banijay Group in Tipico-deal
Hambach & Hambach advised Banijay Group, a leading player in media and gaming, on acquisition of a majority in betting operator Tipico. Led by founding partners Dr. Wulf Hambach and Claus Hambach, a team of...
5Sep.
IGB: Germany player losses cases remain in limbo as ECJ opinion fails to address German law uncertainties
By Nicole Macedo, published at https://igamingbusiness.com/ 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...
17Apr.
IGB: Does Germany’s new government have a shot at tackling illegal gambling?
By Imogen Goodman, published on https://igamingbusiness.com/ Imogen Goodman considers how a federal intervention from Germany’s new coalition government could improve the sector’s fight against illegal gambling. In their coalition pact released on 9 April, the incoming...
16Apr.
iGamingBusiness: Could the ECJ signal an end to player losses cases in Germany?
By Nicole Macedo, published at https://igamingbusiness.com A European Court of Justice (ECJ) hearing that started on 9 April threatens to dismantle the player losses cases model in Germany. German and Austrian regional courts have processed...
8Apr.
VIXIO: Player Refund Saga Set for Major Test in Europe’s Top Court
Source: www.vixio.com The first of three pivotal cases, which could wreck or restart thousands of German player refund claims, will be heard next month at Europe’s highest court. The Court of Justice of the European...
6Dez.
IGB: German court throws out player’s case to recoup gambling losses
By Marese O’Hagan The Bonn Regional Court has upheld a judgement imposed by the Euskirchen District Court on 31 May to dismiss a claim from a player to recoup losses that occurred before online gambling...
3Dez.
Presseportal.de: Erstes Berufungsurteil nach Klagewelle gegen Online-Casinos: Spieler haben keinen Anspruch auf Rückerstattung ihrer Verluste!
Veröffentlicht unter www.presseportal.de Bereits weit über 1000 Spieler haben in den letzten zwei Jahren Klagen gegen Online-Casinos eingereicht. Mit der Behauptung an illegalem Glücksspiel teilgenommen zu haben, verlangen diese die Erstattung ihrer Verluste. Endurteile ergingen...
