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05-22-2012 , 09:43 PM

Pascal Batros

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Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 731

Hi,

I heard that legislation is about to change in Germany and i am thinking of heading over Berlin in September. I would not come if i can't play poker online, so i am wondering how things will turn out. Do u think poker (.com) will still be accessible for a long time or are we going to a situation like in France or Italy ?

05-23-2012 , 04:39 AM

Louis Cyphre

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Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 11,025

As of right now playing online is illegal in Germany. Only one of 16 states wants to change the status quo and the party responsible lost the election recently.
The only glimmer of hope is that all the laws that prohibited internet poker were contrary to EU law but if done right there can be a prohibition that conforms with it.

There are no ISP blocks and no one has been prosecuted for playing online yet though.

05-23-2012 , 01:25 PM

break_evan

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Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 393

However , the current goverment in SWH gives out online gambling license :

http://www.ndr.de/regional/schleswig...sspiel185.html

Quote:

Obwohl in wenigen Tagen in Schleswig-Holstein der Regierungswechsel ansteht, vergibt das Innenministerium weiterhin Lizenzen an Glücksspielanbieter. Nun haben vier private Sportwettenanbieter aus Großbritannien, Malta und Gibraltar eine Zusage erhalten. SPD und SSW haben die Entscheidung der scheidenden Landesregierung indes scharf kritisiert. Den Angaben des Ministeriums zufolge sind die Lizenzen bis zum 20. Mai 2018 befristet. Damit wurden bislang sieben Sportwetten-Lizenzen vergeben, 24 weitere Anträge aus diesem Bereich liegen vor. Um die Lizenzen für Online-Casinospiele wie Poker und Roulette bemühen sich derzeit 17 Firmen.

doesnt look that bad after all

05-24-2012 , 04:17 AM

ready 2 win

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 4,061

Legislation in SWH isnt important to him because he want to move to Berlin.

05-24-2012 , 06:23 AM

break_evan

journeyman

Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 393

Quote:

Originally Posted by ready 2 win

Legislation in SWH isnt important to him because he want to move to Berlin.

SWH online gambling licene apply for all Bundesländer (and Berlin ) .

05-24-2012 , 06:29 AM

madlex

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Quote:

Originally Posted by break_evan

SWH online gambling licene apply for all Bundesländer (and Berlin ) .

Nobody outside SWH thinks that, prolly not even the companies that applied for a license.

05-24-2012 , 07:01 AM

ready 2 win

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 4,061

Quote:

Originally Posted by madlex

Nobody outside SWH thinks that, prolly not even the companies that applied for a license.

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It doesnt make sense to think that a license given by SWH has any validity for other Bundesländer.

05-24-2012 , 07:04 AM

break_evan

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Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 393

Might be very expensive for SHW if the "potential SPD/Grüne and SSW coalition" take those 3 already applied license away . The current goverment has no plans to stop giving out those license until the new coalition is founded ( a couple days to weeks) wich will easily become far to costy . However , the new coalition will try hard to revoke those license .

So , chance to have legal onlinepoker in germany is way higher then we get our FTP money back imo

05-24-2012 , 07:23 AM

break_evan

journeyman

Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 393

Quote:

Originally Posted by ready 2 win

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It doesnt make sense to think that a license given by SWH has any validity for other Bundesländer.

those license are to give a legal basis/regulation to companies to operate in germany . So if PS fe. legaly operates from SWH they are able to offer their service for the whole country .

Edit : Its quite confusing and Im not 100% sure if that is right ^^
Ill grind the interwebz

Edit2 :

Quote:

http://www.gaminglaw.eu/news/germany...inconsistency/

"If such providers hold a licence from Schleswig-Holstein they can, from a European law perspective, not be banned from online activities in the other 15 German Länder"

Last edited by break_evan; 05-24-2012 at 07:51 AM.

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