Mar 10, 2023 Round-up: Navigating the present and future of the gambling sector: Web 3.0 By Ally Clark On 6 February 2023, DLA Piper’s gambling and regulatory lawyers from across Europe united ahead of the #ICE Conference taking place in...
Feb 24, 2023 iGaming related payment account blocking in Hungary from 1 July 2023? A perspective of payment service providers By Viktor Radics For many years, the payment-related sanctions of the Hungarian Gambling Act were rather underdeveloped and without actual enforcement...
Jan 18, 2023 Event (6 February, London): Navigating the present and future of the gambling sector: Web 3.0 By Euan Scott Gambling regulatory regimes are in a constant state of change, but they need to now face the pace of innovation that is rapidly...
Jan 11, 2023 Sports betting licenses are open in Hungary By Viktor Radics From 1 January 2023 Hungary introduced an open sports betting licensing regime. This article summarizes the main licensing and financial...
Nov 15, 2022 Media, Sport and Entertainment Summit - On demand By Sarah Jayne Scott We held our Media, Sport and Entertainment Summit virtually across a number of dates in September and October. Topics in the programme...
Oct 19, 2022 Spain to regulate the online commercialization of lottery games By Elisa Lorenzo Even though the Spanish provisions reserve the offering of the state national lottery for certain National operators (the Organización...
Sep 13, 2022 NFT projects in Germany – legal issues By Christoph Engelmann Nico Brunotte GM. So far, Germany has no uniform and comprehensive legal framework for non-fungible tokens ("NFTs"). However, this does not mean that...
Sep 07, 2022 Gambling Laws of the World - A global comparative guide By Sarah Jayne Scott We’re no longer in the .com era, when an online gambling and betting operator could offer its services globally through a single license...
Jul 14, 2022 Unexpected redemption - gambling operator's mistake enables winning bet to be voided By Benjamin Fellows On 21 September 2019, James Longley telephoned his bookmaker Paddy Power looking to place a bet of £1,300 each way on the 19.20 at...
Jul 07, 2022 Spanish authorities publish a Preliminary Draft Law regulating loot boxes in Spain By Elisa Lorenzo The Spanish Ministry of Consumer Affairs has published the Preliminary Draft Law regulating the random reward mechanisms associated with...
Jul 05, 2022 Business Guide to Climate Disputes By Jeremy Sher Media, Sport & Entertainment (MSE) has traditionally been seen as a sector that is less impacted by climate change, with challenges...
Jun 21, 2022 The meteoric rise of the data centre: Key drivers behind global demand By Anthony Day Alanna Hasek Data centre dealmaking shot to new heights in 2021. The global boom has continued so far in 2022 and looks set to continue this year and...
Jun 07, 2022 Spanish Government plans to publish new regulation on loot boxes By Elisa Lorenzo The Spanish Ministry of Consumer Affairs has recently launched a public consultation on the draft law regulating random reward...
May 04, 2022 UK: new rules for online gambling businesses looming By Benjamin Fellows On 14 April 2022, the UK's Gambling Commission announced new rules, which seek to ensure online gambling businesses do more to identify...
Apr 13, 2022 Navigating Gambling Regulations in 2022 By Elinor Cavil As a prequel to the annual ICE conference taking place in London this week, DLA Piper’s London office played host to DLA Piper...
Apr 07, 2022 Event (11 April, London): Navigating gambling regulation in 2022 By Paula Gonzalez de Castejón Llano-Ponte Richard Van Schaik Giulio Coraggio Gambling regulatory regimes are in a constant state of change. In the time between our last event of this nature and now, the gambling...