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WAAG: Germany: Online Casino Sites

Unfortunately for the online casino gambling sites, there is not always a lot of understanding and acceptance of this chance-based gambling industry in some of the European Union (and globally for that matter). The Internet gambling industry as a whole is highly controversial because there are many opponents who believe that internet gambling contributes to higher levels of addictive and underage gambling. The pervasiveness of this belief is a major contributing factor to why countries like Germany are able maintain in-state online casino gambling and betting monopolies, protectionist policies that feed on the belief that internet gambling sites cannot be effectively regulated.

At this point, Germany does not allow any actual online casinos to operate in the German market. The only land and internet gambling company in operation is a state-run gambling monopoly that accepts all of the lottery and betting business from all sixteen German states. Prior to January 1, 2009 there were many in-state locally German companies offering lottery services. The full legislation though took effect on the first of this year and all of the lottery and betting activity was funneled into a state monopoly that then feeds the state budget.

There is a huge foreign interest in the lucrative German online casino gambling market but there is no entry path at this point. Although EU policies state that the foreign EU internet betting and lottery companies should have equal access, until that legislation actually takes effect the foreign companies have to stay out of the German market or face valid German court action against the companies.