Online slots take bite out of Italy’s ‘bleak’ regulated online poker market

by Peter Amsel, CalvinAyre.com

The Italian-facing division of Greek lottery and gaming operator Intralot has jazzed up its website. The new Intralot.it site has been redesigned so that registered customers will be presented with all their visual preferences immediately upon login, regardless of the device used to access the site. The site also features a new Live Betting user interface, which Intralot Italia managing director Bruno Lener says is part of its commitment “to constantly provide our customers … Continue Reading

Joint Cocktail Reception with IMGL – Impressions

More than 100 key figures from the gaming and gambling industry enjoyed again a fantastic night at the Gran Hotel La Florida for this years joint cocktail reception of GamingLaw.eu and The International Masters of Gaming Law

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Pay-to-Play Fantasy Sports can be legal in Germany

Ground breaking federal court decision in Germany in favor of Germany´s famous web portal www.bild.de – legal expertise compiled by Hambach & Hambach:

For more information please contact the co-author of the Fantasy Sports Legal Study, Dr. Wulf Hambach (contact details)

Please click here for the official press release in German:

http://www.bverwg.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilung.php?jahr=2013&nr=73

Dutch Regulation Insight: Server Requirements

Alan Littler (Kalff Katz & Franssen) and Esteban van Goor (PwC Amsterdam) have recently published a brief article about the implications of requiring remote gaming licensees to locate their servers within the Netherlands as proposed by the draft bill of May 2013. The article, “Dutch Regulation Insight: Server Requirements” was published in iGamingBusiness, Issue 82 of 2013.

Find the published article here.

Online Gambling – Betting, bluffing, gambling: Online gambling is booming. But what is legal and how can you protect yourself against rip-offs?

The following article was originally published in German in the 10/2013 issue of CHIP, one of the leading computer and communications magazines.

by Benjamin Hartlmaier, CHIP ONLINE

Internet gambling is booming: Online casinos are open 24/7, you do not have to leave the house to play, which in return reduces the costs of board and lodging and the virtual roulette and poker tables also always have a seat open. According to estimations by analysts from H2 Gambling Capital, 6.7 billion U.S. dollars were generated with online poker world-wide in 2012. … Continue Reading