In The Press

Article Archives

Dr. Laila Mintas has been written a number of articles on a wide ranging subjects and topics and has been featured herself through some of the leading publications in the industry.

  • Making sense of America’s fragmented approach to sports betting, published in EGR North America 2020
  • How data can drive the future of betting, published in iGB North America 2019
  • The case for mobile betting in the United States, published in EGR North America 2019 
  • Analysis – What it means that the NFL is embracing betting, published in EGR North America 2019
  • US predictions for 2020, published in EGR North America 2019
  • Prohibiting college sports betting is the wrong solution, published in EGR North America 2019
  • Lamptey fails to beat FIFAs defense – a deeper dive on bet monitoring, published on Insideworldfootball.com2018 
  • The need for a credible monitoring tool to survey the betting market, published in Worlds Sports Advocate 2018 
  • A 4-point check list for creating a robust anti-match-fixing body, published on Insideworldfootball.com 2016
  • Germany looks to criminalize match manipulation, published in WLSR 2016
  • Comment on ECJ, judicial decision of 4. February 2016 – Rs. C-336/14: German gambling monopoly is contrary to European law (Glücksspielmonopol trotz § 10 a GlüÄndStV (Experimentierklausel europarechtswidrig), published in SpuRt 2016
  • The first cut of FIFA’s reform taskforce is not deep enough, published on Insideworldfootball.com 2015
  • The Point-Voting-System – FIFA’s election system needs to be reformed, published on Insideworldfootball.com2015 
  • Comment on the Claudia Pechstein Decision (Higher Regional Court Munich, Germany, 15th January 2015): Is this the end of CAS arbitration? Published on Insideworldfootball.com 2015
  • National legislation needed in the fight against match manipulation, published on Insideworldfootball.com2014
  • The online sports betting market and money laundering, published in WLSR 2014
  • Book review: Dietlein/Hecker/Ruttig Gambling Law (Kommentar zum Glücksspielrecht), published in MMR 2013 
  • Book review: Gerd Nufer / André Bühler, Management in sports (Management im Sport), and Albert Galli / Vera-Carina Elter / Rainer Gömmel / Wolfgang Holzhäuser / Wilfried Straub, Sports management (Sport Management), published in Causa Sport 2013
  • Book review: Klaus Vieweg, Main points of sports law (Akzente des Sportrechts), published in Causa Sport 2013
  • Comment on ECJ, judicial decision of 24 January 2013 – C-186/11, C-209/11 – Boundaries of national gambling monopolies (Grenzen des nationalen Glücksspielmonopols), published in MMR 2013
  • Hoyzer & Sapina: a criminal match-fixing law needed, published in WLSR 2013
  • Integrity: Convicting match-fixers under Swiss and German law, published in WLSR 2013
  • Low vulnerability of the German online sports betting market to money laundering (Geringe Geldwäsche-Anfälligkeit des deutschen Online-Sportwettenmarktes), published in Causa Sport 2013
  • Book review: Horst Hilpert, The history of the sports law (Die Geschichte des Sportrechts), published in Causa Sport 2012
  • Book review: Moritz Feldmann, Criminal liability of private sports betting suppliers pursuant to article 284 StGB (Die Strafbarkeit privater Sportwettenanbieter gem. § 284 StGB), published in MMR 2012
  • Book review: Tilman Becker, Latest developments of the State Treaty on Gambling (Neueste Entwicklungen zum Glücksspielstaatsvertrag), published in Causa Sport 2012
  • Book review: Udo Steiner, Manipulation of sports competitions and protection measures (Wettkampfmanipulation und Schutzmechanismen), published in Causa Sport 2012
  • Book review: Ulrich Haas / Dirk-Reiner Martens, Sports law – an introduction to the practice (Sportrecht – Eine Einführung in die Praxis), published in Causa Sport 2012
  • Book review: Wolfram Höfling / Johannes Horst / Martin Nolte, Sports betting in Germany (Sportwetten in Deutschland), published in Causa Sport 2012
  • The requirements of the insurance broker in the insolvency of the policyholder (Die Anforderungen an den Makler bei der Insolvenz des Versicherungsnehmers), published in ZInsO 2012
  • Comment on ECJ, judicial decision of 8 September 2010 – C-316/07 u.a. – ‘Markus Stoß’, published in MMR 2012
  • Integrity: FIFA’s Early Warning System: the fight against match fixing, published in WLSR 2012
  • Match Fixing – German legislature in an evident offside position (Match Fixing – Klare Abseitsposition des deutschen Gesetzgebers) Kainz/Scherrer/Werner, published in Sportfinanzierung und Sportwetten 2012
  • Recent case-law of the European Court of Justice on sports betting (Neuere Rechtsprechung des Gerichtshofs der Europäischen Union zu Sportwetten), published in Causa Sport 2012
  • The dilemma of the sports betting law in Germany (Das Dilemma um das Sportwettenrecht in Deutschland), published in Causa Sport 2012
  • Comment on Federal Supreme Court (BGH), judicial decision of 18 November 2010 – I ZR 168/07 – Lotteries and casino games (Lotterien und Casinospiele), published in MMR 2011
  • Editorial on FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011, published in Causa Sport 2011
  • Interview ‘Frontal 21 (ZDF) ‘on sports betting, first broadcasted in 2011
  • The amendment of a self-denunciation to the fiscal authorities, eliminating any penal sanctions (Die Novellierung der strafbefreienden Selbstanzeige), published in Der Betrieb 2011
  • Comment on ECJ, judicial decision of 8 September 2010 – C-409/06 i.a. – ‘Winner Wetten GmbH’, published in MMR 2010
  • Comment on ECJ, judicial decision of 8 September 2010 – C-46/08 i.a. – ‘Carmen Media Group Ltd.’, published in MMR 2010
  • Comment on Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, judicial decision of 15 February 2010 – 2-27/09 (REV) – Possession of child pornography on the internet (Besitz von Internet-Kinderpornografie), published in NJW 2010
  • The impact of the judicial decision ‘Liga Portuguesa’ of the ECJ on Germany (Die Auswirkungen des ‘Liga Portuguesa’-Urteils des EuGH auf Deutschland). published in SpuRt 2010
  • Comment on ECJ, judicial decision of 8 September 2009 – C 42/07 – Foreign economic operators are not allowed to offer domestically gambling products via internet, published in DVBl 2009
  • Criminal liability for house lotteries via the Internet (Die Strafbarkeit bei Hausverlosungen im Internet), published in ZfWG 2009
  • Sport Betting via the Internet (Ph.D.), published by Duncker & Humblot 2009