Schleswig-Holstein is hard and refused his assent to the amended treaty. Before the country’s representative in Berlin is actually demonstrated.
According to the changes adopted by the German sports betting market is thus opened to private operators, at least to some extent. Prime Minister Peter Harry Carstensen, had pleaded with his government for a much wider opening.
The new contract is not yet in force. This requires that all state legislatures approve officially, and that he will only be submitted if it has notified the EU Commission.
The plan is to award 20 licenses for sports betting, and thus to act against illegal vendors. A legal regulation of online poker for example is not provided.
Schleswig-Holstein, however, has his own gambling law decided. It is already at the first Enter into force in January, allowing sports betting and poker on the Internet without restrictions.
The signs are pretty clear from Brussels: The European Court has traveled declared in September 2010 that the existing breach in Germany state monopoly on gambling and sports betting against European law. The same was true of the plan drawn up several weeks ago, allowing only 15 licenses.
It is unlikely that the EU Commission against the decision of the European Court does, especially in Schleswig-Holstein was waved through with his version of gambling regulation in Brussels already.
Before the Representation of Schleswig-Holstein in Berlin, meanwhile, gathered about 100 employees and top representatives of the German machine industry and demonstrated by the motto “We can not forbid us to play!”
The development is already unstoppable. The first sponsorship deals have been negotiated. So the football stadium in Lübekc is from now on “PokerStars. Lohmühle at the Stadium de “, and the handball players of THW Kiel’s logo Bwin worn on the chest.