Virtual gambling en route to legality

July 11, 2011 News & Reports

by: Dr. Wulf Hambach/Dr. Stefan Bolay

With more than four million players, the German online poker market is the second largest world-wide. However, with regard to the legal framework, online poker does not even exist in this country. The players are acting in a grey zone; putting it bluntly, one could even say they are committing a crime. Up to now, the only federal state wishing to change this is Schleswig-Holstein – “the others will have to follow suit as soon as possible”, is the opinion of Wulf Hambach and Stefan Bolay.

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Obtaining an online gambling license in Denmark

2nd of September 2011 Events

Legal Framework, Licencse Progress, Technical Requirements, Schedule

The regulation of gambling at the EU level remains a contentious issue with all of the European Institutions beeing well aware of the challenges this field presents.

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Online Gambling in Belgium further to the approval of the new Royal Decrees of execution

June 29, 2011 News & Reports

by Thibault Verbiest and Tatjana Klaeser

General Introduction

On 3 December 2009 the Belgian Parliament adopted the new Belgian Gaming Act, entered into force on 1 January 2011 even though its implementing provisions (Royal Decrees of execution) had not been adopted given that the Belgian government was outgoing.
Further to the new Gaming Act, online gambling licenses may only be issued to land-based operators already operating in Belgium under an A, B or F1 license (the so-called “offline requirement”). They are therefore referred to by the legislator as “supplementary licenses”. Additionally, online gambling servers are required to be located in Belgium. … Continue Reading

DW-WORLD: Online poker lures German players despite ban

June 14, 2011 News & Reports

By Sarah Harman and Martin Kuebler (editor), published on www.dw-world.de (Deutsche Welle)

People who play online poker in Germany are operating in a gray zone. Internet gambling is technically forbidden, but it’s almost never prosecuted. The lure of easy money is too much for many people to resist. (…)

Please read the complete article on www.dw-world.de (Deutsche Welle)

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