Julia Kotanko has completed her law degree at the Karl-Franzens University in Graz. After graduation she became an associate at an esteemed law firm in Graz where she focused on terrestrial offerings of games of chance in Austria. Since the beginning of 2018 she is a senior legal associate with the law firm of Dr. Christian Rapani, where she has made the move to online gaming offerings. She is continuing her academic career by writing a doctoral thesis at the Vienna University of Economics and Business on the topic of online sports betting.