Legal regulation of gambling with particular focus on legal regulation of online gambling

Legal regulation of gambling with particular focus on legal regulation of online gambling The thesis deals with legal regulation of gambling industry on the territory of Czech Republic. The main aim of this paper is to analyse the legal provisions of special statutory Act No. 202/1990 Coll., on Lotteries and other similar Games in the light of two particular subject matters. The first one is to examine whether the provisions of "Czech gambling law" that impose restrictions on the freedom to provide services and the freedom of establishment of gambling operators established within the EU are compatible with the European law. The second one is my effort to address new legal issues that arise with the emergence of technologies enabling remote participation in gambling services especially with the boom of Internet gambling. The reason for my research in these particular subject matters is primarily the novelty and topicality of legal issues that are related to these topics. The thesis is composed of four chapters each of them challenges different aspects of gambling legal regulation. Chapter One offers an introduction to the study of gambling regulation and presents gambling as a unique social phenomenon that gives rise not only to interesting legal issues but also to many social and psychological..