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maltatoday Gaming Malta's iGaming operators, employees and affiliates are eagerly awaiting the second edition of the Malta iGaming Excellence Awards, being held in May. The event rewards the companies and individuals who are constantly working to innovate and improve the standards of the gaming and iGaming industries. Providers of innovative services and technologies will receive their deserved recognition in no less than 24 categories. The event takes on a new dimension in view of the growth registered by the industry across Europe, from Sweden to Portugal. In the meantime, earlier this week the European Court of Justice ruled against Hungary's requirement that iGaming operators must have an offline casino. The Hungarian government had wanted to set a requirement for iGaming operators in order to allow them to provide online services and thereby force them to have an offline casino as well as online operations. However, the European Court of Justice has ruled that this request is a clear violation of EU law. The ruling confirms the Court's previous ruling, which clearly established that Member States are not allowed to take any enforcement action, including any form of administrative sanctions such as fines and blocking measures, against EU-licensed online gaming operators if the national legislation is in breach of EU law.