Wulf Hambach will speak together with Georg Gubo from Greentube and Rolf Karpenstein in a iGB webinar about “Germany and its new regulatory regime – market opening or market closing?” on 6 May 2020 at 3:00pm BST
To attend and to see all information about the webinar here.
By David Altaner
German sports-betting licensing was blocked largely due to the shadowy involvement of a committee of 16 state regulators, according to court statements released on Monday, in a ruling the Darmstadt Council said it will appeal.
A spokesman for that licensing body said it will appeal a ruling last week that halted it processing applications over complaints the process was opaque and discriminatory.
The Darmstadt Administrative Court stopped the process in part because the Glücksspielkollegium, or conference of 16 state regulators, is involved in the licence awarding process in a way that has not been described in “a sufficiently transparent and comprehensible manner”.
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By Dr. Wulf Hambach and Yannick Skulski, Hambach & Hambach law firm
After years of chaos and legal disputes, the German federal states have finally decided to open up the internet not only for sports betting, but also for virtual slot machines, casino table games and poker. Wulf Hambach and Yannick Skulski look at the finer details
The new Interstate Treaty on the Revision of Gambling Legislation in Germany (Glücksspielneuregulierungsstaatsvertrag – GlüNeuRStV), scheduled to go into force on 1 July 2021, marks a turning point for the regulation of online gaming in Germany.
In addition to online sports betting, virtual slot machines, online poker and online casino table games with a bank holder (such as blackjack or roulette) will also be regulated for the first time.
The current draft, to be approved by the minister-presidents of the 16 federal states on 12 March 2020 and ratified by 16 state parliaments, regulates in section 4, paragraph 4, “General provisions on the granting of licences”:
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The founders of GamingLaw.eu are once again awarded by Chambers Global for 2020. Here are the Chambers Global commentaries that led to this awards again:
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