15.04.2015
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GamblingCompliance: German Sports Bodies Protest At Licensing Chaos

By Daniel Macadam, published on GamblingCompliance Germany’s Olympic and football federations have delivered another blow to the country’s licensing of sports betting by quitting their role in the ill-fated process. All the members of a sports advisory council to Germany’s federal gambling regulator are refusing to work until their concerns about the licensing paralysis are…

02.02.2015
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TIME Law News 1 | 2015

Latest developments in German and International Law of the TIME-Industries Telecommunication – IT – Media & Entertainment Content: The EC´s Recommendation on Consumer Protection Law-Games: Poker-Players Acquitted and Online-Casino-Players Convicted – What applies to Online-Players? German Federal Court: Betting as Sales Promotion not illegal Gambling DVTM announces Hambach & Hambach as a new member In-House…

01.12.2014
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ZfWG (Summary): Die Geschichte des „versteckten Einsatzes“ vom „Gratis-Roulette“ über das „Brillianten-Bingo“ zur „Wetter-Wette“

– Annotations on BVerwG, judgment of 9 July 2014 – 8 C 7.13 –, ZfWG 2014, 398 – By Dr. Stefan Bolay, ZfWG 2014, S. 394 f. Summary The German Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht – BVerwG) had to address the question as to whether a socalled “weather forecast bet” as a sales promotion of a furniture…

12.08.2014
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TIME Law News 01| 2014

Latest developments in German and International Law of the TIME-Industries Telecommunication – IT – Media & Entertainment Content: Next Tax-Nightmare for Online-Gam(bl)ing-Providers to come? Former President of the German Federal Constitutional Court, Prof. Dr Dres. h.c. Hans-Jürgen Papier:  Foreword to the new handbook for judges on German Gaming Law Bundesliga Manager Game (“Fantasy League”) is…

12.06.2014
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ECJ confirms special path taken by Kiel

By Peter Bock, published at www.sponsors.de The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has decided on German gaming legislation. According to this decision, the special path taken by the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein does not violate the coherence requirement under EU law.  The ECJ decided the question as to whether the temporary issue of licences for…

11.06.2014
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Economic Summit on the Island of Sylt: Gaming law still is a legislative patchwork

Published by Ansgar Lange, source: www.gaminglaw.eu Expert panel: Financial Blocking collides with data protection – Kiel gaming act stands for sustainable security in online gaming Sylt, May 2014 – Games are a fundamental element of our culture. Human beings are players – and without their desire and ability to play, large parts of our culture…