Using data from a major European online operator, authors Michael Auer, Doris Malischnig and Mark D. Griffiths have examined the gaming behavior of 5396 sports betting customers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic...
With increasing global concern about the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the health, safety and well-being of the general public is of outmost concern. During this particularly concerning time for citizens online gambling companies should act in socially responsible way
A study on online gambling commissioned by the Austrian Association for Betting and Gambling (OVWG) and conducted by Marketagent comes to interesting results: The majority of respondents are against the gambling monopoly ...
On 3 March 2020, the 2nd OVWG Expert Panel on the topic " Gambling Regulation 2.0 - Best Practice Example Denmark" took place. During the event, Birgitte Sand, Director of the Danish Gaming Authority, explained how...
On 7 June, the 1st OVWG expert round took place at the Haus des Sports in Vienna on the topics of player protection and sports sponsoring. After a keynote by Claus Retschitzegger, President of OVWG....
In a recent study, the University of Lucerne shows that online gambling is not associated with more (addictive) risks than stationary gambling and that these risks can be significantly reduced in a regulated market with targeted player protection measures....
How is gambling and sports betting regulated in Austria? Which changes....
What's new in Austria, Germany and Switzerland? With this exciting question...
Every applicant had to agree to this provision when submitting his application and was therefore aware that there were no "guarantees regarding investment security, scope or exclusivity of the concession"....
Have you always wanted to know why the rapidly increasing digitalization also requires a change in the legal framework for online gambling and online sports betting? Did you know that....
