Law and Regulations

Skin betting is legally defined as gambling in Norway

The Norwegian Gaming Authority (NGA) will start controlling and sanctioning operators who offer these services. The modality refers to buying features for virtual games and trading them during the performance or in real life. According to the current law, skin betting is part of gambling and must be regulated by …

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Lottoland hopes to hold a licence in Germany

Lottoland submit an application to have its own lottery in several German federal states. The game/play principle resembles that of the German lottery classic «Lotto 6aus49” or the European multi-state lottery, Euro jackpot. With a revenue of €300 million ($317.9 million), Lottoland is one of the leading private online lottery …

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Ukrainian lottery operators want to work openly

Lottery operators of Ukraine have personally expressed their desire to raise up the level of lottery games in Ukraine. Representatives of the lottery industry signal that the government rejected the business in the 90’s, when the credibility of the game was zero, and the industry had no prospects. In the …

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Playtech available in Czech Republic

Online casino games are now licensed in the Czech Republic thanks to the content and software supplier’s partnership with Fortuna, the country’s first licensed online gaming operator. Last week Fortuna, which was founded in Prague in 2009 and is an industry leader in Central and Eastern Europe, was awarded the …

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Illegal gambling frozen in Switzerland

This was to be expected. The Swiss government has voted in favor of a measure that requires internet service providers in the country to begin blocking access to all illegal gambling websites. “Blocking websites works – experience abroad demonstrates that,” Thierry Burkart from the centre-right Radical Party said, according to …

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