Swiss Government Publishes Draft Gaming Act

By Dr. Simon Planzer, Planzer Law

Gaming operators have been eagerly awaiting news from Switzerland for quite a while. Now, the Swiss government finally published the first draft of a new Swiss gaming act. It contains significant changes to the current system, most notably the licensing of online games and the permission of poker tournaments outside of casinos. However, in the current version, only the land-based casino operators already established in Switzerland would be able to legally offer such games. The road to the final version of the gaming act is still long and no doubt will see the influence of various pressure groups. … Continue Reading

iGaming Super Show

Host: iGaming Business

Date: 24 – 27 June 2014

Location: Amsterdam

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Gaming In Holland Conference 2014

Host: Gran Via Online Ltd.

Date: 23 – 24 June 2014

Location: Amsterdam

http://conference.gaminginholland.com/

Read the press release and have a look at the draft programme.

Holland Casino: the house does not always win

By Frank Tolboom, Kalff Katz & Franssen

Falling revenues, creditors demanding cost-cutting exercises, substantial redundancies, employees on strike: this is the current reality at state-owned Holland Casino, which was once a cash cow for the Dutch government.

It is no secret that the Dutch government wants to sell the blighted and struggling Holland Casino. Although the privatisation of Holland Casino is on the horizon, it has been pushed back to make way for another piece of regulatory reform, the introduction of a
remote gaming licensing system, which receives priority treatment.

Read the full article in iNTERGAMING here

The briefing: Dutch bill notified to Brussels

By Younes Moussaoui, Associate at Kalff Katz & Franssen

In our continuing series on emerging remote gaming legislation in the Netherlands, Younes Moussaoui of Kalff Katz & Franssen provides a detailed update.

On March 5, 2014, a revised version of the Dutch remote gaming bill was notified to the European Commission.

This version is the result of a public consultation of the draft remote gaming bill (“consultation text”) in the summer of 2013 and the approximately 90 received contributions from both national and international stakeholders.

Read the full article in iNTERGAMING here.