EDITORIAL
Serving IMGL members and our readers
A s indicated in his presidential welcome, it has been Marc Dunbar’s mission to find additional and better ways of serving IMGL members, to expand the reach of the organization and to anticipate the future of IMGL and gaming law practice. As Editor-in-Chief of the IMGL Magazine, I wholeheartedly support this mission and continue to look at additional ways the publication can provide value to IMGL members and to our readership at large. Top of the agenda for me is to keep the quality standards of published articles high with no apology that this places high expectations on the manuscripts submitted by authors. With this objective in mind, we have amended our author guidelines to reflect lessons learned, further improve the review process and foster the high bar for approving submissions. This will mean, among other things, longer lead- times to allow more time for a thorough review process which, I am sure, will bring even more value to readers and a further elevated and prestigious platform for authors. The objective is an IMGL Magazine that features ever more robust articles based on strong editorial principles.
This process of continuously finding better ways to add value to readers and authors has been an opportunity to review article formats. Since the April 2024 issue we have added 1-on-1 interviews, first-hand conversations where senior figures from the gaming industry share their insights with our readers. To date, I have had the pleasure of sitting down and discussing topical matters with general counsels from major international operators like MGM’s John McManus and senior regulators like IAGR President Ben Haden. As a contrast with the more formal style of our authored articles, the interviews provide for a more personal approach that gives readers access to the highly relevant observations of senior figures. They share their insights from a wealth of experience and reflect on future challenges and opportunities in a format that is easy to digest for overly busy gaming lawyers. In this edition we invite you to take a deep dive into the Dutch market with our latest 1-on-1 interview with KSA Chairman Michel Gruithuizen. Among other topics, I invited him to comment on what I would call the two dimensions of creating and
SIMON PLANZER PHD Editor in Chief IMGL MAGAZINE
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License to skill: regulatory approaches to skill-gaming machines in Ontario
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Regulation and reality in Netherlands
Regulating influencer marketing in gaming and gambling Caught in the middle: tribal tensions between federal and state law India hits the reset button on online gaming governance
38 Upping the ante: Ireland’s new advertising restrictions will have a significant impact on operators 42 Tightening in all directions: market reform in Romania 46 Spring 2026 Conference: level up your legal game in the nation’s capital
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