Central Europe

Slovenia Set to Liberalise Gaming Market

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  Slovenia’s National Assembly has approved amendments to the country’s Gaming Act on their second reading. A final vote on the changes will be held in March. The Gaming Act’s amendments aim to liberalise the gaming market, scrapping most curbs on casino ownership and employee licensing and allowing five lottery organisers rather than the current…

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Website Launched for New German Gambling Regulator

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  The executive of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt has announced the launch of the website for the country’s new federal regulator, Gemeinsamen Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL – The German Federal States’ Joint Gambling Authority). On its website, the GGL said that 110 staff will be required by the agency and that it will soon…

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Hungary Introduces iGaming Legislation to End State Monopoly

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  Hungary’s parliament has introduced online gaming legislation which opens the market to private online operators, bringing an end to the current state monopoly on sports betting. Under the new proposals, operators within the European Economic Area will be free to launch online gaming offerings in the country with the permission of Hungary’s gaming regulator.…

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Swiss Court Rejects Foreign Online Gambling Operators’ Request to Access the Swiss Market

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  A Swiss court has rejected the requests by foreign online gambling operators to access the Swiss market, which gaming officials have limited since 2019 to Swiss-approved games of chance. That means Swiss gamblers can bet online only with Swiss casinos and lotteries that pay tax in the country and that protect people against falling…

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Gespa Names Jean-Michel Cina as its New President

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  Gespa, the body that regulates gaming in the French-speaking parts of Switzerland, has named Jean-Michel Cina as its new president. He will take over from Jean-François Roth on January 1 for a four-year term. He will be the body’s second president, with Roth having held the position since Gespa was founded as Comlot in…

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Thuringia Proposes iGaming Monopoly in New Bill

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  Thuringia, a small state located in central Germany, is putting forward legislation that would give it autonomous control over iGaming within its borders. If passed, Lotto Thüringen, the company which currently owns the state-run lottery, would become the sole operator of the iGaming tables vertical in the state. The bill has been submitted to…

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