Worldwide: Gaming

Finland is moving to a new regulatory model that will allow licensed operators to offer betting and certain online gambling products, ending the monopoly in these areas from July 2027.

On 10 April, the Unified State-Regions Conference is scheduled, followed by approval of the text by the Council of Ministers and, subsequently, its review by the parliamentary committees before final approval.

Legal Notice 86 of 2026 was published today, introducing amendments to the Fifth Schedule to the Value Added Tax Act (Cap. 406). The amendments narrow the existing VAT exemption applicable to gambling...

In the rapidly evolving B2B gaming industry, intellectual property rights (IPR) have emerged as one of the most valuable and even more notably...

The practical stakes were considerable. If Rome II applied, Article 4(1) would designate the law of the place where the damage occurred — which, for online gambling losses, would normally be the habitual residence of the consumer.

On 15 January 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") delivered its Preliminary Ruling in Wunner, Case C-77/24, a significant judgment concerning the interpretation of the law applicable...

The European Commission is preparing a major reform of consumer protection rules in the digital environment.

The new remote gaming concessions in Italy, which will come into force on 13 November 2025, represent a regulatory tightening by the ADM, an organisational and technical challenge for concessionaires...

According to the Act on Certain Media Service Providers' Contribution to Promote Danish Culture, also known as the Act on Cultural Contribution, providers of on-demand audiovisual media services must make an annual payment to the Danish State of 2% of their turnovers in Denmark stemming from the on-demand services and an additional 3% if the investment in new Danish content is below 5%.