Once again following the recent Bwin v. Santa Casa decision , the European Court of Justice has declared an European gaming monopoly compliant with the EU principles to provide services in two decisions involving Betfair and Ladbrokes  against the Dutch gaming monopoly. To give you a but…

The Italian Gaming Authority has published a Bulletin Circular providing the details on the technical authorization process to be performed by Italian licensed operators before starting the  offer of online skill games (including poker tournaments), poker cash games and casino games. New entrants in the market interested in the offer of such games…

As discussed in a previous post , the new Italian online gaming license regime will allow operators to locate their company and their servers in any country of the European Economic Area. This represents a considerable advantage for gaming operators that will be able to set up their company in countries with a tax…

As anticipated in a previous post , the lawfulness of gaming terminals (the so called "totem") installed in public places (e.g. coffee and tabacco shops, department stores etc.) connecting to online gaming websites (including licensed websites) has been the topic of long debates during the last years. Indeed, some online gaming operators base most…

The Italian Gaming Authority has finally declared that the testing phase relating to videolotteries (V LTs) is now over. After the long wait, licensees will be shortly entitled to install up to 56,697 VLTs awarding  maximum wins up to € 500,000 which is a massive change for a country where there are only 4 "real"…

As it was foreseeable after the clearance from the European Commission on the decree setting the new licensing regime in Italy , the EC has now decided to close a number of cases relating to Italian gambling laws.   The European Commission had challenged the compliance with the EU principle of freedom…

As anticipated in a previous post, I have attended  the conference “ Gioco online: è boom. Tra innovazione e regolamentazione ” (Online Gaming: it is a boom. Between innovation and regulation) where the Politecnico di Milano (one of the main Italian Universities) has presented the results of a very detailed study of the Italian…

Dislike what had arisen from the initial rumors , according to the Italian gaming authority the decree regulating the issue of the new Italian online gaming licenses will be passed at the beginning of May.  Operators that intend to enter in the largest European online gaming market  should start getting ready, developing a…

On 21 April 2010, it will take place at the Politecnico of Milan, one of the main Italian Universities, the conference “ Gioco online: è boom. Tra innovazione e regolamentazione ” (Online Gaming: it is a boom. Between innovation and regulation). The conference will represent one of the main Italian events on online gaming,…