IMGL Masterclass Isle of Man
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Date: 10 – 11 November
Location: Douglas, Isle of Man
Hesse has admitted that the Inter-State Treaty on Gambling (GlüStV) has failed – now, Minister President Albig will have to see to it that the Schleswig-Holstein model is implemented
Published on 03 September 2014
After the admission by the Hesse Ministry of the Interior that the GlüStV does not promote the objective of curtailing illegal sports betting, Schleswig-Holstein gaming expert Hans-Jörn Arp and the head of the FDP parliamentary group, Wolfgang Kubicki, have requested that Minister President Torsten Albig now see to it that the Schleswig-Hostein model is implemented on the national level:
“The federal state assigned by the gaming committee with the issue of the 20 licenses has now given up. One cannot be state more clearly that the Treaty has failed than the Hesse Minister of the Interior in his reply to a parliamentary inquiry regarding the structure and duration of the proceedings (printed matter 19/446)”, Arp said in Kiel today (03 September). … Continue Reading
Online gaming and betting provider mybet Holding has been named as one of the first group of operators to have been awarded a German sports betting licence by the Hesse Ministry of the Interior and Sport (HMDIS).
The licence, which will not be issued until September 18, will enable mybet to offer a sports betting service to players in the country.
The delay in the issuance of the licence is to allow those operators that had their applications turned down to pursue legal recourse in the hope of gaining a licence.
The German body is reported to have issued 20 federal sports betting licences to a host of both international and local operators. … Continue Reading
By Younes Moussaoui and Justin Franssen, Kalff Katz & Franssen
On 5 March 2014, a revised version of the remote gaming bill was notified to the European Commission. The revised remote gaming bill was approved previously by the Council of Ministers on 14 February 2014. Furthermore, the bill was sent to the Council of State for advice, which it rendered in the first week of May 2014. The final step is that the bill will enter the political arena, which is (at the time of writing) scheduled for July or September 2014.
Read the whole article here.
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