The Chambers Global Practice Guide for Gaming Law 2025 (“the Guide”) has been released and continues to provide guidance on the framework that applies to all types of regulated gambling, while setting out the current outlook and recent changes in around 30 key jurisdictions at the time of writing.

Bahar Alaeddini has reprised her role as Contributing Editor and in her introduction to the Guide, provides an overview of the gambling ecosystem, the global threat of illegal gambling, M&A activity, prediction markets and emerging markets. She is also joined by David Whyte and Jessica Wilson as co-authors of the chapters on UK Law and Practice, and UK Trends and Developments.

The Guide continues to be a helpful resource to lawyers, gambling businesses and others in the industry, providing the latest legal information on a range of topics, including: land-based and online gambling; B2C and B2B licences; application requirements; affiliates; white labels; responsible gambling; AML legislation; restrictions on advertising; acquisitions and changes of control; trends in social gaming, esports, fantasy sports and blockchain; and taxation.

Harris Hagan contributed to the following parts of the publication:

1. Global overview;
2. UK Law and Practice; and
3. UK Trends and Developments.

Key trends are covered by jurisdiction under the Trends and Developments section, and the Guide also provides users with the opportunity to perform jurisdiction comparisons using the Compare locations tool.

Please use the above links to review our contributions and use the Guide.