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…

02.06.2014
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GamblingCompliance: German Betting Tender Progresses As ECJ Sets Digibet Decision Date

Published by Daniel Macadam, GamblingCompliance Europe’s highest court will rule next week on a case into the enforceability of Germany’s internet gambling restrictions, but lawyers believe it is unlikely to disrupt the country’s contentious betting tender as applicants move into the final phase. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) will release its judgment on June…

01.04.2014
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GamblingCompliance: German Betting Licences Set To Miss World Cup Kick Off

By Daniel Macadam, published at GamblingCompliance German operators yesterday said that sports-betting licences will not be issued in time for this summer’s football World Cup, with many looking ahead to 2015 instead. Commercial and state operators alike at a conference in Berlin dismissed any hopes that the coveted 20 licences would be active ahead of…

11.03.2014
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GamingLaw.eu: SPONSORs Sports Gaming Summit

Source: GamingLaw.eu “First Schleswig-Holstein goes it alone, then the E-15 treaty is signed, and finally the Hessian Ministry of the Interior rejects all remaining betting licence applications. Annoyance, uncertainty and a lack of understanding prevails – so what happens now with the licences, new technologies, sponsorship and financing of popular sports? There is an urgent…

01.03.2014
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Commentary on Betting and Gaming Law in the Media

Ed. Streinz/Liesching/Hambach, Authors of Hambach & Hambach: Dr. Wulf Hambach, Claus Hambach, LL.M., Dr. Stefan Bolay, Yasmin Sirch, Maximilian Riege, Dr. Bernd Berberich, Alexander Pfütze, LL.M. 1st edition 2014, published by Verlag C. H. Beck, Munich The New Gaming Law Regime  has been in force since 2012. It has partially liberalised the gaming market and…

04.02.2014
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ICE 2014

Date: 04.02.2014 – 06.02.2014 Location: ExCel London | UK