Legality of the black list and blocking measures in Belgium

By Thibault Verbiest and Tatjana Klaeser (ULYS)

In order to enforce the Belgian Gaming Act (BGA) and give the regulator the means to efficiently sanction illegal gambling, the Belgian Gaming Commission (BGC) has published a list of illegal gambling operators on its web site available at http://www.gamingcommission.fgov.be/website/jsp/main.jsp?lang=FR. Services providers such as ISPs or financial institutions which have
signed a … Continue Reading

Asian Racing Conference 2012

Host: Asian Racing Federation

Date: 16 – 20 July 2012

Location: Istanbul, Turkey

http://www.arcistanbul2012.com/index.html

The search for reasonable solutions for the German gaming market

The German magazine “SportwettenMarkt” interviewed gaming law expert Dr. Wulf on the status quo and future developments in the German gambling market.

From his perspective, the intended regime of the new Interstate on gambling in Germany is “totally irrational”. Hambach refers to the EU Commission’s statement which posed a variety of still unanswered questions to the German states. … Continue Reading

Online gaming: Punching ball of German politics

More than 150 leading representatives of the national and international gaming industry met during the World Regulatory Briefing in Frankfurt. One of the core topics of the conference was the impact of two coexisting regulatory regimes in Germany: The Gambling Reform Act of Germany’s most northern state, Schleswig-Holstein and the new  Interstate Treaty on Gambling of the other 15 German states. … Continue Reading

The “reform” of the German Interstate Treaty on Gambling – Deemed to fail?

Leading German Gaming law experts have discussed the reform of the German State Treaty on Gambling with representatives of the press in Berlin. The experts’ verdict regarding the new regulatory regime was as unanimous as it was devastating:

The new Interstate Treaty will not prevail. The required EU-coherence principle will not be met and new treaty violation proceedings by the EU commission against Germany are predictable. … Continue Reading