2025 International Gaming Summit
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TIME Law News 01 | 2025
We are pleased to present to you the latest edition of TIME Law News, providing insight into key developments in German and international law across the technology driven industry of media and entertainment – with a particular focus on gambling law. This edition examines the regulatory challenges and liability risks associated with the use of…
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 government in Germany set itself another ambitious goal: tackling the rampant illegal gambling sector. “Together with the federal states, we…
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 upwards of 20,000 cases brought by players seeking to retrieve losses from gambling companies, prior to the current State Treaty…
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 Union (CJEU) is set to hear case C-440/23 on April 9, after a hearing involving Lottoland and a player attempting…
Online Gambling in Germany: What to Expect in 2025
By Dr. Wulf Hambach, Founding Partner and Phillip Beumer, Junior Partner, Hambach & Hambach law firm When Germany’s Interstate Treaty on Gambling (Glücksspielstaatsvertrag) came into force on July 1, 2021, it was presented as a turning point for the regulation of online gambling. Daniel Hagemeier, a member of the governing CDU party in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW),…
