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Online Casinos in general: Merkur games are expected to be shut down for German players from Monday until further notice (Page 2)

Topic created on 21st Nov. 2017 | Page: 2 of 6 | Answers: 59 | Views: 13,537
Skitch22
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Merkur games are expected to be shut down for German players from Monday until...

22nd Nov. 2017, at 08:18 pm CET#11
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Germany has very great interest to ban the Online Casinos, so that people go back to gambling houses in Germany so that the German state can earn properly I have you times what rausgesucht from the Internet how much e.g. StarGames in taxes paid in Germany here: All in all, it can be said that the governments in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are not particularly happy about the fact that there are more and more casinos on the Internet Whether the EU member states Germany and Austria in particular will manage to take action against casinos that have received a license in another EU member state is quite questionable. After all, such casinos do pay taxes, but these taxes are incurred in countries other than Germany, Austria or Switzerland, where no licenses are issued for online casinos.

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Daniel
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Merkur games are expected to be shut down for German players from Monday until...

22nd Nov. 2017, at 08:25 pm CET#12
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Skitch22 wrote on 22.11.2017 at 20:18: Germany has very great interest to ban the Online Casinos so that people go back to gambling houses in Germany so that the German state can earn properly I have you times what rausgesucht from the Internet how much e.g. StarGames in taxes paid in Germany here: All in all, it can be said that the governments in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are not particularly happy about the fact that there are more and more casinos on the Internet Whether the EU member states Germany and Austria in particular will manage to take action against casinos that have received a license in another EU member state is quite questionable. After all, such casinos do pay taxes, but these taxes are incurred in countries other than Germany, Austria or Switzerland, where no licenses are issued for online casinos.

There is also a sales tax on the net profit (19%). Since 2015, the sales tax is levied in the country where the customer is located. This alone is schizophrenic. It is supposed to be "illegal" but the 19% value added or sales tax (non-refundable) is nicely levied and collected by the state. Online casinos pay taxes to the state.

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Andrew789
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Merkur games are expected to be shut down for German players from Monday until...

22nd Nov. 2017, at 08:51 pm CET#13
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On sunmaker the Merkur games seem to be still playable. But now I somehow have a bad feeling... They no longer work on Rizk. Bally games but also not. Why Bally also does not go I do not know...

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c****7

Merkur games are expected to be shut down for German players from Monday until...

23rd Nov. 2017, at 12:59 am CET#14
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Andrew789 wrote on 22.11.2017 at 20:51: On sunmaker the Merkur games seem to be still playable. But there I have now somehow a bad feeling... On Rizk go these no longer. Bally games but also not. Why Bally also does not go I do not know...

Because Merkur is now also behind Bally and these games are also gone.

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Andrew789
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Merkur games are expected to be shut down for German players from Monday until...

23rd Nov. 2017, at 07:25 am CET#15
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Hm ok. Does anyone know if Novomatic is also affected in any way or if they are planning to close down for the German market?

Since these reports I have somehow a bad feeling in the OC‘s... No idea if this is unfounded. But already ne lousy thing.

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Anonym

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23rd Nov. 2017, at 08:38 am CET#16
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I have heard nothing about the Novo 's yet - but I personally can not imagine because Germany is the largest market for Novo. I'm still the banking story in the brain lobe - not that you someday big pick up and your bank then says: "Sorry, income from illegal gambling, we do not book" The casino is fine out and you're the stupid.

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Matthias
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Merkur games are expected to be shut down for German players from Monday until...

23rd Nov. 2017, at 09:32 am CET#17
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I honestly don't worry much about the situation at the moment.
The fact that Merkur games are missing from some casinos, but are more strongly advertised in other casinos (such as Cherrycasino), only shows that the market is always looking for new ways and means. There is a demand for gambling, so every Provider will also think about how to meet the demand.

So far there is still no info on Novo, whether there is also what happens, but Merkur does not hit me, because I do not like the games anyway so much .

In the meantime, I much prefer Thunderkick and Quickspin as high rollers. Also Netent brings so great slots on the market, where Merkur (Edict) and Novomatic (Greentube) can not keep up in my eyes anyway.

As for the banks: They can't simply stop payments to and from casinos. Data protection does not allow the necessary measures.
So you don't get paid your win because the banks don't accept the money? I have never heard of such a thing
and if it really comes to that, you can be sure you'll be the first to hear about it from us!

One must always consider, for you, me, us it concerns individual amounts of money, which would be gone then.
For the casinos, it's about the business model, survival. I don't believe that they would simply watch when players don't get the money and are even happy "ah we save ourselves a payout now" - they know that the player will never come back and that the casino will go broke.

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Christoph
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Merkur games are expected to be shut down for German players from Monday until...

23rd Nov. 2017, at 11:18 am CET#18
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Who is really interested in Merkur or Novoline at the moment? Sure sometimes I play some slots from them, but it's getting less and less.
Playing the new NetEnt slot Finn and the Swirly Spin is clearly more fun than all the classic slots from the big manufacturers.
In terms of graphics, gameplay and background music, NetEnt, Microgaming and Red Tiger offer much more variety. With this selection, why would you still use the classic slots from Merkur or Novoline? If they were to disappear, I would hardly mind.

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Skitch22
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Merkur games are expected to be shut down for German players from Monday until...

23rd Nov. 2017, at 11:44 am CET#19
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christoph wrote on 23.11.2017 at 11:18: Who really cares about Merkur or Novoline at the moment? Sure sometimes I play some slots of it, but it is getting less and less.
Playing the new NetEnt slot Finn and the Swirly Spin is clearly more fun than all the classic slots from the big manufacturers.
In terms of graphics, gameplay and background music, NetEnt, Microgaming and Red Tiger offer much more variety. With this selection, why would you still use the classic slots from Merkur or Novoline? If they were to disappear, I would hardly mind.

Ok the game I have to try out where you can play that? have just looked at Casumo there it is unfortunately not offered.

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Matthias
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23rd Nov. 2017, at 11:46 am CET#20
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Hey Skitch, you can find the game at Rizk - they recorded this today - man is this awesome Gameplay is very good!!!

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