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?
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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.
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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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Andorra is a tiny state with around 77,000 inhabitants and it lies between Spain and France. In March of this year the first casino will open in Andorra. The casino operator, Jocs SA, announced this during an international tourism fair in Spain. Does a casino in Andorra make sense and how attractive will the games offered be?
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Around two weeks ago the Rap duo “Celo & Abdi” released an interesting video on YouTube. In the video we see that the two rappers have refused a casino deal amounting to 50,000 Euro. This is the highest offer which the duo has ever received. But why did the rappers refuse the deal and was this deal as attractive as it has been described in the weekly livestream?
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The local court, Amtsgericht Tiergarten has issued a court order against a famous German casino streamer. The influencer is being accused of taking part in illegal gambling and also advertising it. Now he has been ordered to pay a fine of 480,000 Euro. Why is the fine so high and for what is the penalty exactly?
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A casino verification is carried out to ensure that the players are registering on the online casino with the correct data. This is standard for all the providers licensed in Germany and it ensures that player blocking is implemented reliably and that users who are minors are excluded from playing with real money. In the following handbook we will explain all the important facts about the verification.
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The international operating gambling company Entain plc has recently announced that it will accelerate its plans to pull out from non-regulated markets. The company aims to generate all its income from nationally regulated markets by the end of 2023. Thus, Entain plc wants to pull out from all non-regulated markets in a timely manner. But what is the reason for this big decision?
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Just a few days ago the Brazilian national football player Neymar Jr. streamed his first casino session on Twitch. The professional football player, who currently has a contract with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) seems to have entered the world of casino streamers. In which online casino does Neymar play and what are his reasons for doing so?
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At the beginning of the month the Maltese Gambling Authority published its report for the first six months of 2022. These figures show that the online casinos licensed by the MGA, the Malta Gaming Authority had a significant increase in members. How many players are there now in the online casinos with an MGA licence?
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The company Sächsische-GmbH & Co. KG has opened its online casino a few days ago. This is the first state-owned online casino on the market in Germany. For now “only” virtual slot games and no classical casino games such as Roulette or Blackjack will be available. How attractive are the online offers of the state Spielbanken-GmbH?
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The Caribbean Island Curacao has been planning to change its gambling regulations for some time. However, not much has happened about it. It has now been announced that the reform of the gambling regulations will now be delayed. But why does Curacao want to change its comparatively lax gambling regulations? Without outside pressure this would probably not have happened.
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A few days ago the new project “online streetwork” was launched. The aim of the project is to reach people with gambling related problems in the place where they are most often to be found: on the internet. Does this new player protection project make sense and who are the people who can make use of this programme?
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Week after week lotto players in Germany dream of clearing the jackpot and becoming millionaires. In the past year, 187 players from Germany managed to win at least a million Euro each. During the previous year the number of winners winning millions was a bit less. But which winning number was the most drawn in the classic “6 from 49” in 2022?
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Bonus offers in online casinos reward the players for their activities or motivate the players to register with a provider. The majority of the online gambling providers offer a bonus on the basis of the first payment. In the past however the so-called cashback bonus became popular. How does the cashback bonus in the online casino function and how dangerous is such an offer?
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