Gambling Compliance: European Commission Challenges German Gambling Model

by David Altaner

Germany has not answered the European Commission’s concerns on the country’s sports-betting monopoly and its ban on online casino and poker, the commission said in an “EU Pilot” approach.

The approach is a structured dialogue that is the first step toward possible infringement proceedings that could culminate in litigation in the European Court of Justice.

The commission wants to know what steps will be taken to end Germany’s sports-betting monopoly, which is held by the state-owned Oddset, “without delay”. … Continue Reading

Wulf Hambach becomes Board Member of German Association for Telecommunication and Media

During the members meeting Wulf Hambach was elected to the board of the “Deutscher Verband für Telekommunikation und Medien e.V.” – DVTM (German Association for Telecommunication and Media). He accepted the election and is pleased to hold office for a future-proof gambling market in Germany:

“I am delighted to now be able to contribute as a member of the DVTM board to designing the online-based sector of sweepstakes and games of chance in Germany, which is underdeveloped under regulatory aspects, in a way which prepares it for the future. The industry is striving to achieve a convergent regulation of the online gaming market in Germany. The focus here is on a fair balancing of interests between consumer protection, politics and providers. Together with the DVTM, I intend to promote a consumer-oriented, legally safe regulation of the German online gaming market which complies with the requirements of EU law.”

DVTM’s members include companies from the media branch such as British Telecommunications (Germany) GmbH & Co. oHG and RTL interactive GmbH as well as e.g. PokerStars.de and Tipico Co. Ltd. from the gaming industry.

Please find more information about DVTM e.V. and their members on http://www.dvtm.net/index.php?id=mitgliederliste

German VAT battle gathers momentum

By Gerard Starkey, eGaming Review

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GamingInHolland – Press Release April 2015

Lottery Giants attend Gaming In Holland Conference as Dutch Lottery market readies itself for change

AMSTERDAM, 30th April 2015 – Gaming In Holland – announced today, that representatives of major operators of the State lottery, De Lotto and the National Postcode Lottery, shall be debating pending regulatory changes in the lucrative Dutch lottery market at their June conference.

Read the whole press release here.

GamblingCompliance: German Sports Bodies Protest At Licensing Chaos

By Daniel McAdam, GamblingCompliance

Germany’s Olympic and football federations have delivered another blow to the country’s licensing of sports betting by quitting their role in the ill-fated process.

All the members of a sports advisory council to Germany’s federal gambling regulator are refusing to work until their concerns about the licensing paralysis are resolved. … Continue Reading