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EU court rulings affirm national powers over cross-border online gambling

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The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that consumers may rely on the gambling laws of their country of habitual residence, even when an operator holds a licence from another member state. France’s ANJ welcomed the decisions, saying they reinforce national regulators’ ability to protect consumers and enforce licensing rules, subject to proportionality.

Operators serving cross-border customers may face the licensing and consumer-protection rules of customers’ home markets.

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DACHL regulators plan closer cooperation against cross-border illegal gambling networks

Gambling regulators from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein discussed closer cooperation in Bern on 9–10 September 2026, GGL said. They plan to exchange more information about operators, supporting businesses and new business models. GGL said enforcement could also target game studios, aggregators, platform operators and technical suppliers.

Gambling regulators from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein plan to intensify their cooperation against cross-border illegal gambling, the German regulator GGL said in a notice published on 14 September 2026. The regulators met in Bern on 9 and 10 September 2026 for this year's DACHL meeting, where they discussed sharing more experience and findings about operators, supporting actors and new business models.

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