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Spain’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs to propose comprehensive loot box law

SBC News Spain’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs to propose comprehensive loot box law

Alberto Garzon, Spain’s Minister of Consumer Affairs, has vowed that Spain will become the first European country to have a ‘specific law’ to govern loot box and video game incentives.  The measure was declared at a video games seminar hosted by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, which since 2020 has led the federal overhaul of Spain gambling laws. Garzon declared …

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EA stands ground as Dutch KSA wins ‘game packs’ judgement

SBC News EA stands ground as Dutch KSA wins ‘game packs’ judgement

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands’ regulatory authority for gambling, has re-issued a €5 million penalty alongside its ‘cease and desist’ order to Electronic Arts (EA) European subsidiaries.  The charge relates to a 2019 enforcement sanctioned by KSA on ‘Electronic Arts Inc’ and ‘EA Swiss Sàrl’ stating that the video games publisher had violated Dutch gambling laws offering ‘games of chance’ through …

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Dutch CoS backs Betfair’s objections to totalisator allocation procedure

SBC News Dutch CoS backs Betfair’s objections to totalisator allocation procedure

The Dutch Council of State (CoS) has upheld an appeal submitted by Betfair and Unibet which claims that the allocation procedure carried out by the Netherlands Gambling Authority (NGA) did not give other parties ‘a fair chance’ of obtaining a totalisator licence.  Under Article 24 of the Betting and Gambling Act, the NGA is permitted to grant one totalisator licence, …

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