european online gambling legislation
Ireland to Adopt New Online Gambling Tax System May 12th, 2012
Belgium Bans Major Online Gambling Brands May 12th, 2012
Spanish Gambling Licenses to Be Issued on June 1st May 9th, 2012
Bwin.party 2011 Performance Report Released May 4th, 2012
Italian Online Gambling Market Continues to Grow April 12th, 2012
Belgium Awards Two New Gambling Licenses April 2nd, 2012
2012 GLI Roundtable Conference to be Held this May April 1st, 2012
Online Gambling News from Germany, France and Greece April 1st, 2012
Bulgarian Police Cracks Down Unlicensed Gambling Operator March 26th, 2012
EC Adopts Resolution on Sports Betting March 23rd, 2012
UK Chancellor Comments on Online Gambling Tax March 21st, 2012
Bulgaria to Block Unlicensed Online Gambling Sites March 18th, 2012
Portugal to Regulate Online Gambling by the End of 2012 March 9th, 2012
Schleswig Holstein Online Gambling Law Survives Vote February 26th, 2012
EC to Organize Online Gambling Consultation February 24th, 2012
European Court of Justice Clarifies Licensing Procedures February 17th, 2012
Online Gambling Legislation News from Europe February 15th, 2012
eCOGRA CEO Mentioned in Gaming Intelligence Top 50 List February 14th, 2012
PokerStars Receives Gaming License in Malta and Belgium February 11th, 2012
UK Parliament Discusses Controversial Online Gambling Law February 10th, 2012
Belgium Blacklists Unlicensed Gambling Sites February 9th, 2012
Playtech Reveals New Partnerships January 24th, 2012
bwin.party Forced to Cease Portuguese Marketing Activities January 10th, 2012
Controversial Belgian Gambling Law Enters into Force January 4th, 2012
Most Notable Online Gambling Events of 2011 January 2nd, 2012
New Online Gambling Developments in Europe December 17th, 2011
Belgium to Go Ahead With ISP Blocking December 14th, 2011
Operators and Gaming Associations Challenge EU Member States December 3rd, 2011
Denmark Prepares for Online Gambling Liberalization December 2nd, 2011
Betfair Submits Complaint to EC on New German Legislation December 1st, 2011
Serbia Legalizes Online Gambling November 29th, 2011
UK Plans to Introduce New Online Gambling Taxes November 28th, 2011
ECJ Rules that ISP Blocking is Illegal November 25th, 2011
Belgium to Block Unlicensed Gambling Sites November 24th, 2011
Online Gambling Organizations Support EP Decision November 21st, 2011
European Parliament Approves Online Gambling Report November 17th, 2011
Spanish Online Gambling Licenses to be Issued Early 2012 November 15th, 2011
EU Attorney Issues Statement About Online Gambling Legislation October 27th, 2011
European Union Meeting on Online Gambling October 19th, 2011
Montenegro Legalizes Online Gambling October 10th, 2011
EC Approves Online Gambling Resolution October 7th, 2011
Online Gambling Developments in Europe October 6th, 2011
Romania Intends to Block Unlicensed Gambling Sites September 22nd, 2011
EC Approves New Danish Online Gambling Tax Law September 21st, 2011
Online Gambling Developments in Eastern Europe September 20th, 2011
ECJ Ruling on Austrian Online Gambling Case September 19th, 2011
Schleswig-Holstein Adopts New Online Gambling Law September 14th, 2011
Online Gambling Legislation Developments in Europe September 13th, 2011
EU Conference About Online Gambling September 8th, 2011
Operators Demand Lower Online Gambling Tax in France September 7th, 2011
EGBA Submits Feedback to the EC September 2nd, 2011
German Province Delays Online Gambling Law Implementation August 18th, 2011
European Commissioner Joins Gambling Company August 16th, 2011
Greek Parliament Approves New Online Gambling Legislation August 5th, 2011
Greek Government Disregards European Commission Objections August 3rd, 2011
New German Online Gambling Law Receives Heavy Criticism July 19th, 2011
Finland About to Oust Foreign Gambling Companies July 12th, 2011
Highlights of the European Gambling Policy Conference July 8th, 2011
Bulgarian Online Gambling Regulatory Bill Delayed June 28th, 2011
Decision on German Online Gambling Draft Delayed June 10th, 2011
Spanish Online Gambling Legalization Bill Officially Adopted May 13th, 2011
European Commission Releases New Online Gambling Statistics May 7th, 2011
Spain About to Regulate Online Gambling? May 2nd, 2011
Hungary About to Legalize Online Gambling April 26th, 2011
Greek Online Gambling Legalization Bill Fails After Negative EC Ruling April 19th, 2011
Poland Bans Online Gambling April 2nd, 2011
Betfair Wins 7 Years Old Process in Netherlands March 28th, 2011
Netherlands Legalizes Online Gambling March 20th, 2011
France Debates Online Gambling Liberalization March 18th, 2011
European Commission Will Soon Release Online Gambling Green Paper March 15th, 2011
Ireland intends to adopt a new online gambling taxation regime that would generate more revenues for the state.
The Belgian Gambling Authority announced that it banned several major online gambling brands such as William Hill, Titan Poker, Casino.com and Europa Casino.
The Spanish online gambling regulatory body announced this week that it will finally begin issuing online gambling licenses to operators on June 1st.
Bwin.party Digital Entertainment released its full performance report of 2011. According to the report, the company produced a modest performance but managed to complete all the yearly objectives.
The Italian online gambling regulatory body AAMS recently published a report that points out that licensed Italian online gambling operators managed to increase their revenues with a huge 21% during February 2012.
The Belgian online gambling regulatory authority has awarded two new online gambling licenses to the operators Golden Palace and Win2Day.
Leading online gambling testing agency Gaming Laboratories International announced that this year's European Roundtable conference will be held in Budapest, Hungary between May 9th and May 10th.
Three news emerged this week concerning the online gambling legislation of the European Union member states Germany, France and Greece.
Yesterday the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior reported that police has taken down an unlicensed online gambling network operating on the country.
The European Commission adopted a recommendation this week that advises member states to ban certain types of online and offline sports betting types.
Today UK Chancellor George Osborne commented that he intends to promote a new online gambling legislation that would require offshore gambling establishment to pay taxes in the UK.
Last week the Bulgarian Parliament despite heavy protests approved a legislation that forces ISPs to block citizen's access to unlicensed online gambling sites.
The Portuguese Secretary of State for Tourism Cecília Meireles announced this week that it's very likely that online gambling will be regulated in the country by the end of 2012.
The recently adopted online gambling legislation of the German province of Schleswig Holstein survived a vote launched by oppositions members who intended to repeal it.
The European Commission announced that on February 27th it will organize a meeting between state regulators and experts regarding the matter of a unified EU-wide online gambling legislation.
The European Court of Justice just ruled that member states are not allowed to decline the licensing applications of online gambling operators that already own a valid license in an other EU member state.
Last week the Spanish venture Codere announced that it intends to sue its competitors, while at the same time Belgium began to block unlicensed brands. In Portugal sources claim that online gambling might become regulated in 2012.
eCOGRA CEO Andrew Beveridge was named as one of the "most talented, innovative and inspired people working in online gambling" by the business publication Gaming Intelligence.
PokerStars announced that it managed to acquire valid online gambling licenses from the Belgian and Maltese online gambling regulatory authorities.
The UK Parliament this week discussed the controversial legislation introduced by MP Matthew Hancock that proposes that online UK licensed companies may provide online gambling services in the country.
The Belgian Gambling Authority ordered ISPs this week to block citizens' internet access to a certain number of unlicensed online gambling and online poker sites.
Online casino game developer Playtech announced that it intends to create several joint ventures in 2012 with companies in countries where online gambling legalization is imminent.
A local Portuguese count ordered renowned online gambling venture bwin.party to shut down all advertisement activities and cancel all sponsorship deals in the country.
The controversial Belgian online gambling legislation that will force ISPs to block citizens' access to unlicensed online gambling websites has just entered into force.
2011 witnessed many major events, both positive and negative that shaped the future of online gambling in various countries and jurisdictions across the globe.
This week some European countries announced that they will liberalize their online gambling market beginning 2012, others, on the other hand will adopt laws that would limit players' access to certain websites.
The Belgian Gaming Commission announced that beginning January 2012 all unlicensed online gambling ventures operating in the country will be blacklisted and blocked by ISPs.
This week the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) and the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) filled in a complaint against Greece, while the operator Betfair accused Germany of not respecting EU laws.
Online gambling will become regulated in Denmark beginning January 2012 and for this occasion the Danish Gambling Authority completed a series of agreements with other European online gambling jurisdictions.
Online betting and casino operator Betfair submitted today a complaint to the European Commission regarding the new German online gambling legislation that will enter into force beginning 2012.
Serbia is the newest European state that decided to legalize online gambling. Operators that wish to provide services in the country will now have the possibility to acquire gambling licenses.
The UK intends to implement a new online gambling taxation regime that will impose more taxes on companies that are not seated in the country.
In a recent case involving a Belgian ISP, the European Count of Justice ruled that national governments are not allowed to request ISPs to block citizens' access to certain websites.
Beginning 2012, Belgian ISPs will be required to block citizens' access to unlicensed online gambling websites. Banks will also not be allowed to process the financial operations of these businesses.
The Remote Gaming Association (RGA) and the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) recently expressed their support towards the decision of the EP to adopt the so-called Creutzmann report.
The European Parliament has just adopted a report that recommends the Union to develop an EU wide online gambling legislation and framework.
The Spanish Government announced this week that online gambling operators will be able to acquire Spanish online gambling licenses beginning January 1st 2012.
European Court of Justice Advocate General Cruz Villalón explained this week that it's against EU principles to adopt laws that give an unfair advantage to local online gambling companies over foreing ventures.
Today several high ranking European Union politicians, representatives of operators and independent safety organizations met to discuss the status of online gambling in the EU.
The Southern European country of Montenegro decided to legalize online gambling. Gambling licenses will start being issued beginning January 2012.
The European Commission just approved a resolution that states that each member country is allowed to decide on it's own how to approach online gambling.
Germany, Greece and Spain are about to adopt new online gambling policies. While some of them try to liberalize the online gambling market, others seem to do the opposite.
Romania adopted a new online gambling legislation that will force ISPs to block the access to gambling websites that aren't licensed in the country.
The European Commission yesterday approved the new Danish online gambling law amendment that will decrease the online gambling tax rate in the country.
Several Eastern European countries intend to legalize gambling and online gambling, while others consider increasing the tax imposed on this practice.
The European Court of Justice in a case involving an Austrian company pointed out that EU member states are still allowed to decide on their own how to treat online gambling.
The German province of Schleswig-Holstein finally adopted its long debated online gambling law. The new legislation will enter into force on January 1st 2012.
Several European countries already decided to legalize online gambling and it seems that others like Greece and the Netherlands intend to follow this path, as well.
Several EU lawmakers, representatives of member states, private companies and organizations met this week in a conference to discuss the future of an EU-wide online gambling policy.
Several online gambling operators along with the French online gambling regulatory body itself requested the government to change the currently excessive online gambling taxation regime.
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) submitted a 105 page long document to the Commission representing the views of operators regarding a Union level online gambling legislation.
Representatives of the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein announced that they delayed the implementation of their new online gambling legislation to September 2011.
Retired European Union Commissioner Charlie McCreevy announced he accepted the role of non-executive director at renowned betting company World Spreads.
The Greek Parliament approved yesterday the highly controversial online gambling legislation proposed by the Government. The country may soon have to appear before the European Court of Justice.
The Greek government seems to disregard the objections of the European Commission and is about to continue with the adoption of its controversial online gambling policy.
The new German online gambling law proposal recently received a wave or criticism from the European Gaming & Betting Association that points out that the draft is against European Union law.
The new Finnish coalition government recently hinted that it might further restrict, or even prevent the access of foreign companies in the country.
Several politicians, online gambling operators and independent organizations expressed last week their opinion about the future of a common EU wide online gambling policy.
The recently proposed Bulgarian online gambling regulatory bill didn't manage to receive European Commission approval, after it failed to comply with general EU guidelines and practice.
Officials of the 16 German federal states did not manage to reach a consensus this week regarding the country's new online gambling policy. The decision has been delayed to October this year.
The Spanish Congress of Deputies finally adopted the longly debated online gambling legalization law proposed a few weeks ago. Regulated online gambling activities will begin on the 1st of January 2012.
Continuing the recently started talks about a possible EU-wide online gambling legislation, the Commission released a series of data that point out why individual states are still so reluctant to support this idea.
Online gambling will most likely become regulated in Spain, if the Senate approves the newly created legalization bill next week. Analysts predict a positive outcome.
State legislators already created the first online gambling legislation draft which has very high chances to be accepted by the Parliament during the upcoming weeks.
The European Commission declined to push for the implementation of the second Greek online gambling legislation bill, effectively killing the process for 2011.
The Polish Government announced it intends to further expand the already existing online gambling restrictions and ban this form of entertainment entirely.
The Dutch Council of State finally ruled in favor of UK based online casino and gambling operator Betfair. The company is now allowed to provide services to Dutch customers.
The Government of the Netherlands announced it would finally legalize online gambling. The licensing process will begin as soon as the legislation enters into force.
The French online gambling regulatory authority, ARJEL, together with the government is about to hold a debate regarding further steps to liberalize the online gambling market.
European Union Internal Market and Services Commissioner Michel Barnier will release the much anticipated online gambling Green Paper on the 23of March. The document aims to promote discussion regarding a possible EU wide online gambling regulation.