In September of last year, we had reported about the fact that till then there were nine German licences for virtual slot machines. Meanwhile another 6 months have passed, and further gambling companies have received the sought-after German licence of the GGL, the Gemeinsamen Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (the Gambling Authority responsible for all regions in Germany). But which companies hold a German license for which platforms?
At the beginning of February, a Chinese man had tried to play a wrong game on the Roulette table in an Austrian casino. The aim was to defraud the casino. However, the deceit was noticed, and the police arrested him. Which scam did the man use to defraud the casino in Roulette?
At the beginning of the month, we had reported that a Chinese man had tried to defraud the Vienna Casino at the Roulette table. The perpetrator together with two other accomplices had acquired the sum of 118,000 Euro from this. Now further details about the cinematic roulette rip-off. In this article we will reveal how the perpetrators managed to defraud the city casino in the Austrian Capital City.
The Dutch Gambling Authority is proceeding radically against gambling providers without a valid licence. As it was announced a few weeks ago, the Kansspelautoriteit imposed the sum of 25 million Euro against seven online gambling providers. Now the Authority has also announced which gambling companies can expect to receive fines.
Since the introduction of the State Gambling Act 2021, the regions as the social and legal core idea, should take it upon them to drastically contain illegal online gambling and offer a higher player protection. Could the GlüStV (State Gambling Act) 2021 reach these aims? The results of the recent GambleJoe-Survey “Effect analysis of the new regulations according to the GlüStV 2021“ raise this question.
Last Sunday, the 5th. March 2023, a female player, won the fantastic and huge amount of nearly 100,000 Euro in the casino in Hamburg. Shortly before 20:00 a visitor in the Casino Mundsburg cracked the so-called Hamburg Jackpot. How much money did the woman gamble in the casino and in which game did she crack the jackpot?
As the General-Anzeiger in Bonn reports, the FDP in North Rhine Westphalia is not happy with the dragging and difficult approval procedures for online casinos. What is exactly going wrong here?
In May 2022 a woman had already won the house jackpot amounting to 18,000 Euro in a casino in Mainz. After leaving the casino she was followed by a man, and she was then attacked. The police proceeded with investigations against the 30-year-old man and he was then sentenced to several years imprisonment.
The streamer “Bazzi” has been enormously successful on Twitch in the past. He became famous for his GTA streams. In November 2021 he had over 13,000 viewers. Around two weeks ago the influencer launched his casino streams. He has meanwhile been blocked on Twitch because of this. In this article we will reveal why it is especially objectionable that “Bazzi” of all people has concluded his first casino deal.
Around two weeks ago the gambling group Betsson AB which is registered on the Stock Exchange published its yearly report for the past year. The management proudly announced an impressive 10 % increase in sales turnover for the past year. In which business areas did the Scandinavian gambling group do best and what is the situation on the German market?
The state is making even more money from games of chance. According to the German Federal Statistical Office, during the last year the revenue from taxes on games of chance totalled more than 2.5 billion. When compared to the previous year this is an increase of more than ten per cent. How much revenue did the state make from the new virtual slot taxes?
A few days ago, the former regulatory agency boss of the city of Kehl and a gambling hall operator had to appear in court in front of the District Court Offenburg and answer for several acts. At the end they both received a suspended sentence. What did the gambling hall boss and the city employee do wrong?
Australia has long been a gambling stronghold. According to the statistics, there is no other country in the world where the people lose more money per capita than in the densely populated city in the Southern Hemisphere. It is therefore no secret anymore that Australia has a massive gambling problem. What are the decision makers doing about this problem and why do the people there gamble so much?
Two weeks ago, the Oberverwaltungsgericht Rheinland-Pfalz decided in a summary proceeding that in Germany blocking is illegal. The GGL, the Gambling Authority for all the regions in Germany had threatened an internet provider based in Rhineland Palatinate with a high fine, if a particular illegal gambling site is not blocked. The GGL has thus suffered its first legal setback.
StarGames was for several years a popular address for German gambling fans. Then surprisingly the provider left the German online gambling market and for a long time it was only offering gambling with play money. A few days ago, the provider received its German licence for online slots from the Gambling Authority and it can now operate legally.
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