After the publication on Facebook of violent statements against the Italian Prime Minister, Mr. Berlusconi, the Italian Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Maroni, proposed the blocking of the access by Italian residents to all the social networks. Following the considerable complaints to which such proposal led, Mr. Maroni proposed a 3 steps measure: …
The Italian Gaming Authority has notified to the European Commission the draft decree setting out the new licensing regime that will govern the issue of the new online gaming licenses to the operators willing to enter into the Italian gaming market and that prescribes additional obligations for the current and new licensees. The EU Member…
The Italian Supreme Court has issued a decision in a criminal proceeding against www.thepiratebay.org , a P2P website because of the breach of copyright laws through the making available to the public of copyright protected works. In particular the Court held that Pirate Bay is liable since it does not merely…
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…
As already discussed in a previous post , any company advertising its products/services, having a website or performing any marketing activity should carefully review its compliance with the regulations governing unfair commercial practices. This is even more true after the issue by the European Commission the Guidance on the Implementation/Application of…
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…
Misleading advertisements might cause expensive fines in Italy as a consequence of recent regulatory changes which increased their value.
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 โstand stillโ 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…