The French National Assembly approved the legislation regarding the licensing of the private companies for online gambling on the 13th of October. France considers poker, sports betting and horse racing betting as games of skill and it will not allow the online gaming operators to offer games of lu ...

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk and various political parties from Poland proposed “war on gambling”, with a new and restrictive reform which would increase the betting taxes. He declared :"We have decided on a definitive cut." Poland is working on a draft bill that will ban slots – known as “ ...

Betfair and William Hill, two of the Britain's biggest betting companies, are bidding for the first online gambling licence in the Himalayan state of Sikkim, in order to grab a slice of the $60billion betting market. According to the Independent newspaper, there are thirteen companies, including lo ...

Tonio Fenech, the finance minister for Malta, revealed interesting financial statistics regarding the tax revenues in Malta. Malta is one of the major European countries that grant licenses to online gambling operators. The Mediterranean island has already experienced a strong economic growth thank ...

The consulting and research firm MECN and the Horten law group revealed a new report regarding the Denmark's online gambling market. It results that Denmark is one of the first countries to liberalize online gambling market, allowing fair and free competition at all levels of gaming, including land ...