This year has seen a substantial increase in participants which included representatives of major international operators such as Betfair, Bwin, Betson, Agicos, Expekt, Betclick ,Playtech, Sky Bet, Ladrokes, and Boylesport.The legal session was visibly packed by a number of senior regulators of gaming in Europe.... Click here to read this aftermath article
GMM Business Solutions hosted a specialised conference, on 21st November, to deal with legal and taxation issues effecting the nascent Italian online gaming scene .Italy has recently turned into a more user-friendly jurisdiction and last year issued an impressive set of remote gaming licenses. On the other hand UK tax regime is now prohibitive, given that the chancellor decided to set the online tax at a high 15%. Click here to read this aftermath article
The conference discussed the uncertainty prevailing on regulatory issues among various European jurisdictions concerning remote gambling, including advertising, taxation, cross border sports betting, implication of VAT, money laundering, abuse of monopoly powers and location of servers. More details may be found in attached link
The gaming and gambling industry: Worth $12 billion in 2005 and predicted to reach $15b by the end of this year. Extremely cash-rich, cash-generative. and volatile. 75% of the revenues of operators were wiped out by recent legislation in America.
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The launch of the IGCE in Costa Rica surpassed all expectations, as industry leaders gathered from around the globe for an unprecedented blend of incisive debate and networking. Learn from & interact with those who are blazing new trails in gaming, technology, and entertainment.
The uniqueness in the conference is the fact that cross border VAT implications will be tackled as PKF are experts in this field, so we will be going a bit further than other seminars where normally the VAT is just mentioned but not into detail.