After preparing the booth at the ICE on our first day in London, we were excited about the first day of the conference. We met at the exhibition hall and opened the booth at 10am sharp. It was busy from the start. Visitors from all areas of the industry came to our booth: other operators, affiliates, technical suppliers or just visitors of the exhibition who wanted a goody bag.
I thought it was very interesting to see how important regulative aspects of the industry are, and I was often asked to join conversations, or I was invited for meetings about remote gaming licensing in Malta in combination with the necessary company formation. Sometimes it was even about contracts with customers of our client who needed last-minute advice from the Maltese legal consultancy at Dr. Werner & Partner.
The first day of the conference was very interesting and left me with many impressions. Overall, the booth of TipBet was very busy, however, it is going to be the second day that will be the busiest at the conference.
– Philipp Sauerborn
Read about our experiences on the second day of ICE
Gaming regulations in Europe
The situation of gaming regulations within the European Union is constantly changing. Some countries have regulated online gambling, others have banned it. For a remote gaming operator, it is one of the most important aspects of operation: where can they offer their services, and is it legal. A lot has changed in the last years, and it will continue to change in the coming years. For example, the regulatory body of the UK has recently defined that every operator needs to obtain a licence for the UK, and pay taxes on revenues generated from UK players. Other markets, such as Germany have still banned online gaming, and regulation progress is very slow. However, as one of the biggest markets in the European Union, it is important that the market will soon be regulated. At the moment however, Germany only plans to regulate the online sports betting market.
