Market focus: Germany 15/12/2009
The Treaty, which came into force on 1 January last year and bans egaming in Germany, has been criticised by the other German states, the European Commission and many of the operators with big market share there.
Schleswig-Holstein’s ruling Christian Democratic Party (CDU) and the Liberal Party (FDP) have called for it to end. CDU leader Jürgen Koppelin said that if the other German states failed to agree on a new uniform regulation to replace the Treaty, the coalition would seek to introduce an intrastate licensing system.
x Main operators: PartyPoker, Everest Poker, Bwin, Bet-at-home
x Total internet gambling: worth €753m, of which €141m was onshore in 2008.
x Offshore split: 35% sports, 33% casino, 28% poker, 4% other.
x Total gross win value of the German regulated gambling market (betting, gaming and lotteries) in 2008: €9.4bn
x Lotteries: totalled €4.9bn gross win in 2008, of which €3.8bn was state lotteries and just over €150m was Oddset for sports betting.
Data source: H2 Gambling Capital
Posted: 15/12/2009
User comments
Nate Pearce
This is no surprise, with the Swiss having decided that tax proceeds far outweigh any benefits of the monopoly, and the Danes having changed over. Germany will find it must liberalise or be faced with its population heading over boarders to Denmark, Switzerland, Czech Rep or Austria to make a bet!
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Michael Lampel, CEO Highraker.net
I have to correct the Main operators section above. Main Operators are: Pokerstars, Full Tilt, Party Poker, Everest Poker.
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