EGamingReview reports that the European Commission has given to the Danish Government a month to amend its draft law regulating gaming and betting websites to make it…

Live poker tournaments have been recently very successful in Italy.  Italians love playing poker, but most of them cannot afford to reach every week-end one of the 4 casinos that are…

As anticipated in my previous post , I have spoken today at a very interesting conference at ENADA Roma 2009,  the international fair on amusement and gaming machines.  The…

The Italian gaming authority has issued the decree setting the terms of the call for tenders relating to the assignment of the new licenses concerning the setting up and the…

The Italian Gaming Authority has launched the call for tenders on the so called "instant lotteries". Instant lotteries include "paper scratch cards" that can now be purchased in almost any tabacco shop in Italy (even…

The recent decision of the European Court of Justice (see  Landmark Decision of the ECJ on European gaming monopolies ) in the Bwin vs. Santa Casa dispute might have considerable…

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued yesterday its decision on the dispute between the Austrian gaming operator, Bwin, and the Portuguese gaming monopolist, Santa Casa de Misericòdia de Lisboa…

Italian newspapers report today the information about the potential acquisition by Bwin, the listed Austrian gambling company, of Gioco Digitale, one of the biggest Italian licensed gaming operators which has…

After several years of disputes, the Italian Supreme Administrative Court (the "Consiglio di Stato ") has issued a preliminary ruling in favour of Stanley International ordering the reopening…

The Italian gaming authority has sent to the EC Commission the draft decrees regulating (i) videolotteries and (ii) cash games and fixed odd games of chance .…