Coming Soon: Expanded and updated reference on the state of play of online gambling regulations across all 27 EU member states, with coverage in this new edition increased to include:

• All four European Free Trade Association (EFTA) members (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland).     
• The only current acceding EU country (Croatia).
• All five EU candidate countries (Iceland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey).  
• European ‘offshore’ jurisdictions (Alderney, Gibraltar, Isle of Man and Jersey).
• Analysis of 10 key topics, including: European-level and Court of Justice developments, taxation, payment processing, advertising, liquidity, server location, regulatory cooperation and operational issues.

What is Market Barriers – A European Online Gambling Study 2012?

Since GamblingCompliance’s landmark 2009 study the European online gambling market has seen several key market openings, Court of Justice decisions and policy developments at both national and European level.  

With a trend emerging to licence gambling operations at the point of their consumption, 2012 is set to be the most prolific year in market openings and online gambling reforms. In addition to events surrounding the European Commission Green Paper, this year has already seen Denmark open its online gambling market with the German state of Schleswig-Holstein move in a similar direction with the recent awarding of licences, while the remaining German states are seeking to implement an alternate licensing system. Spain at the federal level and also at the autonomous community level is also moving online. Moreover, Greece, Ireland, Cyprus and Portugal are all in the process of changing their current regulatory models.

Market Barriers – A European Online Gambling Study 2012 is designed to give the most accurate, up to date and impartial picture available of which jurisdictions are reforming their online gambling regulations, trends in regulation, experiences from jurisdictions which have opened their online markets and visibility on future developments, risks and likely trends.

Alongside key data and analysis on a jurisdiction by jurisdiction level, the study also includes exclusive coverage of hot topic areas: debates at the European level, taxation, advertising and sponsorship issues, payment processing and website blocking, among other operational and regulatory issues.

Who should buy Market Barriers – A European Online Gambling Study 2012?

The European online gambling market is the most dynamic online gambling market in the world. It is continuing to lead the way in regulation and revenue generation and is home to the world’s largest online operators.

Market Barriers – A European Online Gambling Study 2012 is a useful tool for operators, regulators, governments, law firms, research houses and academic institutions among others.   

Operators:  With the prospect of an unprecedented number of market openings over the course of 2012 and beyond, knowing which countries are regulating their markets and in what direction, will ensure you keep a step ahead of competitor and regulatory risks. Market Barriers – A European Online Gambling Study 2012 will assist corporate strategy planning and ensure your company benefits from GamblingCompliance’s world leading research and timely analysis at a critical stage in Europe-wide gambling policy developments.    

Regulators/Governments: Online gambling regulations take many forms, with models encompassing monopoly, free market to ring-fenced approaches. In order to understand how markets are functioning under these approaches, trends in regulation and emerging regulatory and player protection issues - to ensure you keep your regulatory agency and jurisdiction informed of best-practice - Market Barriers – A European Online Gambling Study 2012 is designed to give you a quick cross-jurisdictional analysis of key policy areas in online gambling regulation and inform you of how your peers across Europe are approaching the regulation of online gambling.

Law firms: With most online operators having their operations span across countries, understanding which jurisdictions are imposing local licensing requirements, which jurisdictions are using payment and/or website blocking and sanctions, will enable you to keep your clients informed of potential regulatory risks, pitfalls and compliance issues they face across EU member states, EFTA countries, EU acceding and EU candidate countries.     

Policy/Research/Academic: Online gambling regulation is an emerging area of policy research and academic study, encompassing legal, regulatory, social welfare and health topics. With Europe leading the way in regulating this relatively new form of gambling, Market Barriers – A European Online Gambling Study 2012 will give you the most up to date analysis of this topic and ensure your policy research is based on an understanding of the most current and leading edge topics and jurisdictions in the field.             

Release: Market Barriers – A European Online Gambling Study 2012 will be launched in July 2012. All buyers, digital or print, also have the option of subscribing to three further online updates throughout the year.

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