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Originally Posted by bergeroo
Run it once now pulled out of German market for maybe two months? Please list further sites on here if they pull out of the market or what their plan is.
Yep, got that message as well. I've tried to read as much as possible about the situation, but several things are unclear for now. RIO will introduce a the 1k deposit limit and 4 tables max for German players. That itself isn't that big of a tragedy to cash game players, however it seems that these regulations are just the first step to much more regulation in 2021, where everyone will be registered in a database in order for your limits to be tracked. So basically, every poker client will have to set up an account with the state authority on your behalf and everytime you want to deposit money, a check will be performed to check whether or not you still are within your limits. It's batshit insane and such an overreach from the government to regulate how much of your money you want to gamble. I'm absolutely tilted right now.
Some other things they'd like to introduce are "panic buttons" that will restrict you from playing for 24h (hello, misclick). Also, every time you click the button, this will be recorded by state authority. Transfer between accounts obviously will be restricted as well and some other stuff that reads like some sci fi dystopian **** written by some ****ing Herman the German.
Personally, I'll be looking into playing sites that are not regulated in Germany or generally finding any other solution that lets me play like I'm used to. Because seriously, **** this ****.
I'm desperately trying to find some upsides on this whole thing, the only real salvation seems to be that we'll have some absolute donk sites from German providers, but the again, this ****ing 1k limit will still be unbearable. Maybe there's a silver lining I'm not seeing yet and there might be a chance that a good percentage of the absolute ******ed slot degens will move some of their funds to poker, but for now, everything sounds absolutely horrible. What's also ****ing ironic is that these ****s want me to pay taxes because "iT's A gAmE oF sKiLl" but whenever it suits them, the legislation will make poker a game of luck and subject to ****ing regulation. They want the cake and eat it too. **** this absolute **** of a country.