The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice issued its opinion on the compliance with the European principle of the freedom to provide services of the current Dutch gaming license system which prescribes: that it is prohibited to organise or promote gambling without having obtained a licence for that purpose; and…

In a previous post , we had discussed about the issue of the rules governing the authorization process necessary for the provision of online bingo in Italy. However, the launch of online bingo was still pending since the Italian Gaming Authority had to adapt the rules governing online bingo to the new rules…

The offer of games to Italian residents can be performed only by operators holding an Italian gaming license. The breach of this obligation by operators and companies advertising non-licensed operators is punished with criminal sanctions. Also, since 2007 Italian ISPs are obliged to block the access by Italian residents to non-licensed gaming websites that are…

Recentpoker.com reports that the Belgian Parliament has passed a new law on gaming and betting law. The Belgian draft law had been reviewed by the European Commission which had issued a detailed opinion on the bill. The points of the draft law that raised major concerns related to: the requirement for online operators…

As anticipated in a previous post , the draft decrees governing Videolotteries and online cash games were under the review of the European Commission for a 3 months “stand still” period. Such period is now over and only the Maltese government filed some comments on the decree regulating online cash games that however are not…

Italy has always been one of the countries with the highest rate of tax evasion. In this context, one of the main problems is that a number of shops, professionals and even companies do not issue receipts on all the purchases performed by their customers and clients. Therefore their “official” turnover is substantially lower than…