About the Book
Welcome to the 11th edition of International Comparative Legal Guide – Gambling, published by Global Legal Group.
This publication provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with comprehensive jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guidance to gambling laws and regulations around the world, and is also available at www.iclg.com.
The guide is introduced by Quirino Mancini, the President of International Masters of Gaming Law.
The question and answer chapters, which in this edition cover 38 jurisdictions, provide detailed answers to common questions raised by professionals dealing with gambling laws and regulations.
As always, this publication has been written by leading gambling lawyers and industry specialists, for whose invaluable contributions the editors and publishers are extremely grateful.
Global Legal Group would also like to extend special thanks to contributing editor Chris Elliott of Wiggin LLP for his leadership, support and expertise in bringing this project to fruition.
Table of Contents:
Introductory Chapter
1 A Tale of Two Worlds
Quirino Mancini, International Masters of Gaming Law
Q&A Chapters
3 Argentina
Tomás Enrique García Botta & Agustín Díaz Funes,
MF Estudio – Abogados
9 Australia
Julian Hoskins, Daniel Lovecek, Bree Ryan &
Alexander Norrish, SENET
19 Austria
Thomas Talos & Nicholas Aquilina, BRANDL TALOS
26 Belgium
Pieter Paepe & Lucas Falco, EDSON Legal
33 Brazil
Luiz Felipe Maia & Flavio Augusto Picchi,
Maia Yoshiyasu Advogados
40 Czech Republic
Robert Skalina, WH Partners
49 Denmark
Nina Henningsen, Mazanti-Andersen
57 Estonia
Karolina Ullman, Triin Kaurson, Henrik Link &
Linell Raud, NJORD Law Firm
62 Finland
Minna Ripatti & Antti Koivula,
Legal Gaming Attorneys at Law
67 France
Alexandre Rudoni & Emmanuelle Sarlangue,
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP
72 Germany
Dr. Joerg Hofmann, Dr. Matthias Spitz &
Michelle Hembury, Melchers Law Firm
80 Greece
Maria Tranoudi & Dimitris Emvalomenos,
Bahas, Gramatidis & Partners LLP
86 Hong Kong
Vincent Law, Raymond Chan & Johnson Ng,
Mayer Brown
92 Hungary
Viktor Radics, Dániel Élő & András Nemescsói,
DLA Piper Hungary
114 India
Ranjana Adhikari, Sarthak Doshi &
Shashi Shekhar Misra, IndusLaw
114 Ireland
Barry Fagan, Natalie Quinlivan & Ciara McGuinness,
Fieldfisher Ireland LLP
127 Israel
Jacob (Koby) Sarov & Ido Nahon, Firon Law Firm
132 Japan
Masayuki Fukuda, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
139 Macau
Pedro Cortés, Lektou
147 Malta
Reuben Portanier & Dr. Terence Cassar, GTG
153 Mexico
Carlos Portilla Robertson & Ricardo Valdivia González,
Portilla, Ruy-Díaz y Aguilar, S.C.
159 Netherlands
Dr. Alan Littler & Joris Crone, Kalff Katz & Franssen
166 Nigeria
Chiamaka Ogbonnaya-Osibie, Deborah Dada &
Chinaza Eneh, The Trusted Advisors
172 Norway
Alexander Mollan & Brede A. Haglund,
Brækhus Advokatfirma
177 Poland
Ewa Lejman, WH Partners
185 Portugal
Alexandra Courela & Ricardo Henriques,
Abreu Advogados
191 Romania
Mihai Fifoiu, Lucian Barbu & Laurentiu Neacsu,
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP)
202 South Africa
Garron Whitesman, Whitesmans
209 Spain
Patricia Lalanda Ordóñez, Fernando A. Martín
216 Sweden
Maria McDonald, Elvin Sababi &
Karl-Oskar Hokkanen, Nordic Gambling
224 Switzerland
Dr. Andreas Glarner & Stefan Keller,
MME Legal | Tax | Compliance
230 United Kingdom
Chris Elliott & Rawa Kaftan, Wiggin LLP
236 USA – Illinois
Paul T. Jenson, Erin Lynch Cordier, Anne Kremer &
Alexandra Van Dusen, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
244 USA – Mississippi
Scott E. Andress, Balch & Bingham LLP
250 USA – Nevada
Karl F. Rutledge & Glenn J. Light, Lewis Roca
256 USA – New Jersey
Jeremy Kleiman & Ariana LoGiudice, Saiber LLC
262 USA – Virginia
Jason C. Hicks & Ian Dickinson,
Womble Bond Dickinson
