The German government looks to regulate the market due to a rise in German player accounts

In the past, a provider with a European Union?licence?such as?licences?from the Malta Gaming Authority or Gibraltar have been able to operate in Germany.?Having said that, due to the rise in German players,?the?German government has set?new stipulations that?will really?challenge?online?casinos.

The year?2020?saw the German Gaming Authority witness a massive increase of German player accounts with casino websites, and now wants to regulate the market by?July 2021. It?will require operators to hold a German?licence?with a uniform, countrywide regulatory catalogue.?

With the?new?German?online?licence,?table games and live casinos?will be no more, as?these?will be reserved for land-based casinos who have their own?licences.?

Existing online casinos that want to obtain the German?licence?are supposed to stop offering table games?and live gaming.?

Subsequently, casinos that ban table games from their game range, are more likely to receive the new licence?in July 2021. Many Malta-licenced?providers are following that path on the German market.?

Furthermore, gambling websites?with a German?licence?will not be called?casinos anymore and will carry the terms “Spielbank” or “Spielhalle”?which are synonyms for the word casino. The change in terms is?an attempt to give the impression that the user will be entering an arcade-like gaming experience rather than a gambling site.?

The big question?now?is?how Germany will react to operators with the Curacao?licence. Currently it seems they have an advantage over the MGA?licence, but the Netherlands?applied financial pressure on the local government.

Last month the Dutch government announced that it had?reached an agreement?with its Curacao counterparts regarding “measures and structural reforms” intended to make the country financially stable.

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