Germany Passes Anti-online Casino Law

The new German anti-online casino law which had come to force in January influenced on the Toto Lotto - the state lottery of Lower Saxony, and skeptics supposed that it was only the beginning. Toto Lotto felt rather free in the internet; the company advertised its wide range of services and attracted attention of German gamblers. But because of the recent initiative of the German government the situation changed greatly. It seems that now foreign gambling companies have even more rights and freedoms then native ones. Toto lotto certainly will feel the effects of new legislation and maybe will lose some money and players because of the internet advertising ban. And anti-online casino approach becomes more and more powerful.

So strict forms of this campaign against internet gambling advertisements have shocked the Europeans, because of the recent negotiations between the European Commission and Germany, they has discussed the problems of the nation’s monopolistic online gambling legislation. The Lower Saxony court has used the recent law and Toto Lotto can’t appeal the court decision. The situation around this precedent becomes even more complicated and obscure, this happens because of the anti-online gambling legislation touches on the advertisement on the own internet site of the company. So the courts all over the Germany try to understand the problem and find right decision, some lawyers insist that this ban breaks the German laws concerning freedom of services. There are a lot of different debates all over the country and even the European Commission is involved in this problem.