In the past, the EuroJackpot in Germany has been a record-breaker. In June of this year, the previous record was set. A single tipper or a lottery syndicate from Schleswig-Holstein can be happy about the huge sum of €120 million.
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Malta has introduced a new law to protect its gambling companies from lawsuits relating to the recovery of losses from abroad. Initially, the German authorities accepted the development rather passively. Now, however, there is a certain amount of resentment. What are the first reactions?
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The current gambling regulations in Germany are an absurdity for most players: too many restrictions, too little fun and too many alternatives on the illegal market. For the most part, the authorities and politicians defend the measures. Recently, however, more and more critical voices have been raised, including those from the business community. Lars Felderhoff, CFO of Gauselmann, recently spoke out in an ntv podcast.
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Both online and offline, the gambling industry in this country is highly regulated. Whether this is a good or bad thing is a matter of opinion. However, the question is whether less regulation would mean less illegal gambling. But at what point should regulation be relaxed, and can politicians even justify doing so?
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The new State Treaty on Gaming (GlüStV) came into force almost exactly two years ago. Since then, the online gambling industry in Germany has changed dramatically. Although virtual slot machines and online poker can now be played legally on the internet, both providers and players are still struggling with the legal framework. So what have two years of the State Treaty on Gambling actually achieved?
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The Addiction Yearbook is published by the German Centre for Addiction (DHS). It summarises statistics on the use of gambling in Germany and other circumstances or activities with similar risk potential. It has now come to light that key information on sports betting in the yearbook appears to have been partly taken from an illegal information site on the internet. How could this happen?
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In a recent press release, Österreichische Lotterien Gesellschaft m.b.H. announced plans for a major change in its business policy: The age limit for the sale of betting slip games and instant lotteries is to be raised with effect from Monday 10 July. The aim is to improve the protection of players and young people.
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In recent weeks, two major gambling brands have been fined seven figures each. In total, the two gambling companies will have to pay almost five million euros. But which gambling companies are involved, and what wrongdoing have they been accused of?
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We have reported on the booming gambling market in Liechtenstein several times in the recent past. It is no secret that the increasing number of casinos in the country of 40,000 has had a positive effect on the country's financial situation. But is player protection being neglected in the face of millions in tax revenue?
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Gambling advertising has always been a sensitive issue in Germany. But even our neighbours in the Netherlands, after initially letting it slide, have recently been involved in heated discussions about it. In the course of a drastic escalation of advertising activities, they quickly put their money where their mouth is: gambling advertising is now almost completely banned.
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A woman from Canada thought she had won US$2,000 on a scratch-off lottery ticket she had bought and was naturally delighted. But then came the shock: instead of the $2,000 she thought she had won, the Californian lottery winner won a whopping $2 million. But how did the mistake happen, and what does the winner plan to do with the million-dollar prize?
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AdmiralBet is well known to many sports betting fans. Now they are entering another gaming segment: The operators of the platform Novo Interactive and LÖWEN ENTERTAINMENT have recently added virtual slot games to their programme. Slots from well-known providers in the German-speaking region are the first to be offered.
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The Joint Gambling Authority of the Federal States (GGL) has revoked an already granted licence from the first gambling company. To be more precise, Tipster Limited's permission to organise sports betting on the internet and in stationary operations was revoked with the announcement of a corresponding notice. But why did tipster lose the German licence again so quickly?
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Reports of lawsuits against online casinos in which customers successfully recover lost stakes are now commonplace. Many of the gaming platforms involved offered their services under licence in Malta before the GlüStV 2021 came into force - and some still do. Now, the Maltese government wants to protect the local gambling industry from such claims with a new law.
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A few days ago, the state-owned Toto-Lotto GmbH Baden-Württemberg acquired the sought-after German Gambling Authority licence for virtual slot machines. This permits the lottery company of the region of Baden Württemberg to provide legitimate online slots such as Book of Dead or Ramses Book. Can one already make use of the online casino of Lotto BW?
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