Worldwide: Gaming

Curaçao, Nevis, and Anjouan represent three distinct approaches to iGaming licensing, each offering different compliance frameworks, banking relationships, and operational structures.

Malta's iGaming regulatory framework faces scrutiny as industry experts examine whether its first-mover advantage can withstand growing competition from emerging jurisdictions. The discussion explores how regulatory agility, professional services infrastructure, and strategic policy reforms like the Recognition Notice framework and revised VAT treatment position Malta to maintain its leadership in the global online gambling sector.

Poland's M&A market recorded 330 transactions in 2025, with the technology, media, and telecommunications sector leading activity at 20% of total deals. As regulatory frameworks like the EU AI Act and NIS2 Directive reshape the landscape, TMT transactions are becoming increasingly compliance-driven, with new risks around AI governance, employment classification, and foreign investment scrutiny fundamentally altering deal structures and valuations.

On 16 April 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU” or the “Court”) issued its judgment in Case C-440/23, European Lotto and Betting and Deutsche Lotto und Sportwetten...

This article analyses the contradictions generated by the current regulatory framework, focusing on the distinction between digital actors operating in cooperation with licensed operators and those promoting offshore (.com) gambling markets.

On 6 April 2026, the Malta Tax and Customs Administration (MTCA) issued awaited guidelines that signal a fundamental evolution of Malta's economic model for the gaming sector.

Finnish players potentially face very significant tax implications if playing on online gambling platforms that lack a Finnish licence.

Despite the ongoing growth of regulated iGaming markets, banking remains one of the most difficult operational challenges for iGaming operators.

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