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As of Beginning of Year No Online Slots for Germany

According to a Heese government spokesman, Germany is banning all online slots and gambling as of the first of the year. They needed at least 16 German states to ratify the accord and according to the government official they have the “required majority” to make the deal a done one.

They have been fighting to keep the state’s monopoly on lotteries and gambling, and by passing a bill that will keep online slots and gambling illegal, they will be able to do so. They say that they expect that the rest of the states will fall into place by January 1, 2008.

Now that they have passed the law, the question remains how long will they fight to keep it. The European Union has been warning them about their monopoly on online slots and gambling within Germany, and told them that they had to abide by the rules of the rest of the EU.

Other countries are complaining that they are not allowing free trade by blocking the online gambling, but Germany will not relent. They will allow online slots and gambling as long as you are gambling with a German company, but no companies outside of Germany may have access to their residents.

They have set up controls that will keep banks from transferring money to companies outside of Germany and they will block all ISP’s that do not conform to the rules. They will also not be allowed to advertise inside of Germany either, as access will be blocked to the actual online slots and gambling sites.

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