Feb 27, 2019 The Kangaroo Returns By Oliver Kichenside 10 years after Project Kangaroo was blocked by the Competition Commission for being "too much of a threat to competition", the BBC and...
Feb 25, 2019 The Netherlands – Euro 400K fine for addressing Dutch market By Richard Van Schaik Today, the Dutch Gambling Authority (“KSA”) announced that on 4 January 2019, it imposed a fine of EUR 400,000 on 1x Corp N.V. and...
Feb 20, 2019 Finland: Finnish Competition Authority to conduct an extensive assessment on the legitimacy of the Finnish state operated gambling monopoly in 2019 By Joonas Dammert As for background, Finland has traditionally had one of the most stringent gambling regimes in the EU with a legal monopoly in place...
Feb 20, 2019 New AML guidelines for gambling in Germany By Christoph Engelmann The highest gambling supervisory authorities of the German states have recently published new guidelines on the interpretation and...
Feb 19, 2019 SWEDEN: Limitations on bonuses and the SGA’s official position on the definition thereof By Christopher Büller In Sweden, license holders may only offer or leave a bonus at the first opportunity a player plays at any of the licensee’s games (See...
Feb 19, 2019 BREAKING NEWS: Dutch Senate votes in favour of the Dutch Remote Gambling Act By Richard Van Schaik The Dutch Remote Gambling Act (Wet online kansspelen op afstand) has officially been adopted with a majority vote of 44 out 75 by the...
Feb 19, 2019 DIRECTIVE ON COPYRIGHT IN THE DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET By Alastair Mackichan The revised proposal for the new Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market (the “Directive”) has entered its final round of...
Feb 08, 2019 The Netherlands – Vote on RGA on 19/2, Privatization Holland Casino suspended By Richard Van Schaik During the plenary session of the Senate today, it was decided that the final vote with respect to the Dutch Remote Gambling Act (“RGA”)...
Feb 06, 2019 New programming and investment obligations for VOD and linear audio-visual media service providers! By DLA Piper - Media, Sport & Entertainment On 25 January 2019, the Italian Communications Authority (Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni, hereinafter “AGCOM“) published...
Feb 05, 2019 The Netherlands – Vote will be next week; Minister forced to provide more details By Richard Van Schaik Today, was an important day for the Dutch gambling sector: after more than 2.5 years, the Dutch Remote Gambling Act (Wet online...