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My Odd Couple column last November highlighted the issues surrounding Savan Vegas casino in Laos. The Lao government put Savan Vegas out for bids after seizing the casino resort from its foreign owners. There’s not much reason to expect a better ending for any (foreign) owner in a country...
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The UK’s vote to leave the European Union in a so-called Brexit Referendum might also impact companies that provide gambling services in Germany. Three of the main consequences of Brexit for gambling companies might be: Companies applying for a German gambling license need a registered office in a member...
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Across America these days, there are pitched battles over the rights of people to gamble. In particular, online poker and daily fantasy sports — two cash cows that plunged into our lives over the past decade or so — are fighting to get back into our homes and relieve...
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Governance scandals have rocked the sports world in recent years. According to researcher Antoine Duval, the lack of transparency holds a great part of the blame. In this comment piece, Duval points to three areas in sports governance that are in need of greater transparency. Various governance scandals of...
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Match-Fixing—The Biggest Threat to Sport in the 21st Century? Cheating at gambling; Sportspersons The issue at the heart of this article makes me sit up and take notice as a lawyer, a qualified football referee and a passionate follower of sport across the board. It has been described by...
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They’re not cheaters. Instead, they hone the sharpest (legal) edge they can. On Flamingo Road in Las Vegas, James Grosjean sat at a steel table outside a Starbucks. In the near distance stood a sign for a local casino, the Palms, where he has been shown the door more...
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It is now impossible to ignore not only the prominence, but also the staying power, of eSports. In the past month, Newzoo published data for eSports viewership on Twitch, which indicates that eSports content makes up 21.3% of all hours spent on the platform. Furthermore, brands are buying in. Bud Light recently...
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Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three-part series of stories on sports betting in Canada. Here, we examine why gamblers turn to offshore bookmakers rather than bet with their provincial sports lotteries, and how efforts to change the current system could impact all Canadians — whether or...
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The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) delivered on 4 February 2016 its judgement on the Ince case (C-336/14), a preliminary ruling referred by the local court of Sonthofen in the German Land Bavaria. The case is of interest for cross-border gambling operators as it rules against...
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In the light of recent terrorist attacks, the EU’s 4th Anti-Money Laundering (AML) directive could be implemented as early as the end of 2016. Since terrorist finance is normally treated with zero risk tolerance, the directive is likely to be toughened up, which will place more pressure on the...
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The 4th AML directive must be implemented across Europe by 26th June 2017 – the European Commission recently announced an AML Action Plan that encouraged territories to fast-track adoption by the end of 2016. The Action Plan suggested we are likely to see a number of changes to the...
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Daily Fantasy Sports: An Industry in Flux – An analysis of state-by-state approaches to DFS The popularity of fantasy sports has exploded in recent years with the rise of daily fantasy sports (“DFS”). The popularity of DFS stems from the excitement of being able to select a new variation...
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Report examines corruption in sport Integrity building in sport must be accelerated, says Transparency International (TI) in their latest ‘Global Corruption Report’, which this year focuses on sport, and provides a long range of recommendations for approaches to reforming sport. Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report this year focuses on...
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Reports emanating from PokerNews have suggested that shared online poker liquidity between .eu countries could be back on French cards in April after the French gaming regulator Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL) reported that an amendment to the existing bill will be pushed beneath their noses....
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Germany: Change is needed As forecast by legal experts three years ago, the federal licensing procedure in Germany is clearly dead in the water. However, a clear decision by the CJEU reinforcing the recent opinion of the Advocate General in the Ince case is needed to force the other...
My Odd Couple column last November highlighted the issues surrounding Savan Vegas casino in Laos. The Lao government put Savan Vegas out for bids after seizing the casino resort from its foreign owners. There’s not much reason to expect a better ending for any (foreign) owner in a country...
The UK’s vote to leave the European Union in a so-called Brexit Referendum might also impact companies that provide gambling services in Germany. Three of the main consequences of Brexit for gambling companies might be: Companies applying for a German gambling license need a registered office in a member...
Across America these days, there are pitched battles over the rights of people to gamble. In particular, online poker and daily fantasy sports — two cash cows that plunged into our lives over the past decade or so — are fighting to get back into our homes and relieve...
Governance scandals have rocked the sports world in recent years. According to researcher Antoine Duval, the lack of transparency holds a great part of the blame. In this comment piece, Duval points to three areas in sports governance that are in need of greater transparency. Various governance scandals of...
Match-Fixing—The Biggest Threat to Sport in the 21st Century? Cheating at gambling; Sportspersons The issue at the heart of this article makes me sit up and take notice as a lawyer, a qualified football referee and a passionate follower of sport across the board. It has been described by...
They’re not cheaters. Instead, they hone the sharpest (legal) edge they can. On Flamingo Road in Las Vegas, James Grosjean sat at a steel table outside a Starbucks. In the near distance stood a sign for a local casino, the Palms, where he has been shown the door more...
It is now impossible to ignore not only the prominence, but also the staying power, of eSports. In the past month, Newzoo published data for eSports viewership on Twitch, which indicates that eSports content makes up 21.3% of all hours spent on the platform. Furthermore, brands are buying in. Bud Light recently...
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three-part series of stories on sports betting in Canada. Here, we examine why gamblers turn to offshore bookmakers rather than bet with their provincial sports lotteries, and how efforts to change the current system could impact all Canadians — whether or...
The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) delivered on 4 February 2016 its judgement on the Ince case (C-336/14), a preliminary ruling referred by the local court of Sonthofen in the German Land Bavaria. The case is of interest for cross-border gambling operators as it rules against...
In the light of recent terrorist attacks, the EU’s 4th Anti-Money Laundering (AML) directive could be implemented as early as the end of 2016. Since terrorist finance is normally treated with zero risk tolerance, the directive is likely to be toughened up, which will place more pressure on the...
The 4th AML directive must be implemented across Europe by 26th June 2017 – the European Commission recently announced an AML Action Plan that encouraged territories to fast-track adoption by the end of 2016. The Action Plan suggested we are likely to see a number of changes to the...
Daily Fantasy Sports: An Industry in Flux – An analysis of state-by-state approaches to DFS The popularity of fantasy sports has exploded in recent years with the rise of daily fantasy sports (“DFS”). The popularity of DFS stems from the excitement of being able to select a new variation...
Report examines corruption in sport Integrity building in sport must be accelerated, says Transparency International (TI) in their latest ‘Global Corruption Report’, which this year focuses on sport, and provides a long range of recommendations for approaches to reforming sport. Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report this year focuses on...
Reports emanating from PokerNews have suggested that shared online poker liquidity between .eu countries could be back on French cards in April after the French gaming regulator Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL) reported that an amendment to the existing bill will be pushed beneath their noses....
Germany: Change is needed As forecast by legal experts three years ago, the federal licensing procedure in Germany is clearly dead in the water. However, a clear decision by the CJEU reinforcing the recent opinion of the Advocate General in the Ince case is needed to force the other...
