Alan Littler of Kalff Katz & Franssen has recently published a short article about the consultation process concerning the proposed remote gaming bill as published by the Dutch Ministry of Security & Justice in May 2013. The article entitled “Remote gaming – consultation ends and the ministry digests” was published in Issue 5 (2013) of iNTERGAMINGi (www.intergameonline.com).
Find the published article here
Published on 25 September 2013
German version: http://www.isa-guide.de/isa-gaming/articles/93446.html
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