Mission (im)possible: Enforcement against Online Gambling in Germany!
(Excerpt from TIME Law News 2018; read the whole news here)
By Dr Wulf Hambach, Founding Partner at Hambach & Hambach law firm
These two events just don’t fit together:
First event:
Kiel state parliament, September 2017: The government coalition in Kiel overturns the Second Inter-State Treaty on Gambling (GlüStV) and announces reforms in line with market conditions.
Minister of the Interior Grothe: “Formal prohibitions did not lead to the players using orderly and supervised offers. We must no longer try to control internet gambling with analogue instruments from the past millennium.” Source: https://www.shz.de/17869246