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Social Gaming

article Social Gaming Executives Find Gambling Lacking Cool [sub req'd]
(2/17/2013)
(Germany) -- Gambling, for fun or for cash, might be where the money is, but many social gamers say the industry has only limited creative appeal.
article After last year’s boom, social casino games remain strong
(2/16/2013)
(Germany) -- Casino companies and investors poured more than $2.2 billion into acquisitions of social casino games companies in the past year or so. And while investment...
2 Total Articles on this Issue

Europe Online

article Online gambling: Playing into the mafia's hands?
(1/27/2013)
(Germany) -- Reports indicate that the mafia relies heavily on German online gambling sites to launder money. The police are powerless in the situation due to unclear...
article Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein Grants 12 Online Poker Licenses
(12/25/2012)
(Germany) -- The German state, or Land, of Schleswig-Holstein issued its first online gambling licenses last week, allowing a dozen operators to offer casino games on...
article High Court Judge Raises Doubts Over German Internet Gambling Restrictions
(11/26/2012)
(Germany) -- A German Federal Court of Justice judge last week expressed doubts about the German state treaty’s online gambling restrictions, saying that the...
article Bwin.party Receives Schleswig-Holstein Sports Betting Licence
(5/28/2012)
(Germany) -- The German state of Schleswig-Holstein has issued a sports betting licence to Bwin.party, which is one of the leading online gambling operators in Europe,...
article Schleswig-Holstein Legalizes Online Gaming
(9/17/2011)
(Germany) -- The German state of Schleswig-Holstein became the first regional authority in the country to legalize online gaming this week. Previously the whole country...
5 Total Articles on this Issue

Sports Betting

article EC clears Schleswig-Holstein to join federal treaty
(1/10/2013)
(Germany) -- The European Commission has cleared the way for the German state of Schleswig-Holstein to repeal provincial legislation and join the federal sports betting...
1 Article on this Issue

Poker Tournament

article WSOP Champ Heinz Hailed As Poker Pope Pius In Native Germany
(11/10/2011)
(Germany) -- Pius Heinz, the 2011 winner of the World Series of Poker, has received loads of media attention in his native Germany, where he is hailed as the Poker Pope.
1 Article on this Issue

Other News

article AIANTA Booth at ITB Berlin Is a Huge Success, Boon for Native Tourism
(4/14/2013)
(Germany) -- The American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) booth at the ITB Berlin, one of the world's leading and biggest travel trade shows, was...
article Germany's Obsession With American Indians Is Touching—And Occasionally Surreal
(3/23/2013)
(Germany) -- Jürgen Michaelis, who lives near Dresden, was standing in front of the small, improvised tipi he keeps in his back garden, wearing a homemade deerskin suit...
article First Nations chief draws attention to oil sands threat at international tourism expo in Germany
(3/10/2013)
(Germany) -- A bold move by a First Nation leader disrupted an event linked to a large tourism expo in Berlin, Germany, drawing attention to the issue of Canadian oil...
article New policy could ban gambling in uniform
(3/6/2013)
(Germany) -- A proposed policy change would prevent U.S. soldiers in the Kaiserslautern garrison from gambling in uniform, even on American bases.
article Online Gambling Laws That Buck the Status Quo
(12/29/2012)
(Germany) -- The German online gambling situation is one similar to that of New Jersey USA where one state is bucking the federal status quo. The German state of...
article Germany and UK Become Social Gaming Leaders
(12/22/2012)
(Germany) -- New research shows that Germany and the UK have taken the lead in the online social gambling market. The research showed that not only is the UK and Germany...
article Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein Issues First Online Poker Licenses
(12/20/2012)
(Germany) -- Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein Issues First Online Poker LicensesGermany’s Schleswig-Holstein has honored its commitment to process existing...
article German Tax Rule Leads to 10% Fall in Bwin.party Revenue
(11/2/2012)
(Germany) -- Bwin.party Digital Entertainment Plc, the largest online gambling company in the world created by the merger of Bwin and Party Gaming, announced that its...
article Space Buddha: Ancient Statue Carved From Rare Meteorite, Archeologists Say
(9/27/2012)
(Germany) -- An ancient statue of a Buddhist god was carved from an even more ancient meteorite, a group of German scientists announced on September 26.
article Gaming company to release Native American-themed game
(9/23/2012)
(Germany) -- A new gaming company in Germany called Scorpius Forge will be introducing a new series of games called Evolution that incorporates historical references and...
article Germany Online Gaming Licensing, Possible Threat of Cancellation
(6/9/2012)
(Germany) -- It seems as though the crusade to bring regulated online gaming to Schleswig-Holstein has been squashed by the recent state’s decision to revert to...
article Schleswig-Holstein Gambling Licenses Issued
(5/31/2012)
(Germany) -- German Gambling Market Schleswig Holstein Gambling Licenses IssuedThe state of Schleswig-Holstein seems to be relentless when it comes to giving licenses to...
article Betfair wins German online licence
(5/3/2012)
(Germany) -- The first licences to offer online gambling in Germany have been awarded, with British online betting firm Betfair benefiting from the state of Schleswig...
article Market Report: Betfair on a winner with German licence award
(5/3/2012)
(Germany) -- Jackpot. Betfair was celebrating a big win yesterday after the betting firm was awarded one of the first licences for online gambling in Germany. With...
article German market expected to grow to approx €1.5bn by 2015
(4/24/2012)
(Germany) -- The German states will soon enact the new Interstate Treaty on gambling, which will liberalise the German sports betting market starting in 2012.
article Online Gambling News from Germany, Greece and Europe
(3/31/2012)
(Germany) -- There was much hype and appreciation last year of the decision taken by the German state of Schleswig Holstein to regulate and license online gambling.
article EC criticises German online gambling proposals
(3/22/2012)
(Germany) -- The European Commission has criticised revised proposals from 15 German states for a new treaty on Internet gambling, saying it needed evidence that the...
article "A Good Day to Die" on Life of Dennis Banks & Rise of AIM a Hit in Germany
(3/4/2012)
(Germany) -- The award-winning film, "A Good Day to Die" was featured on January 21 at the Indianer Inuit: Das Nordamerika Filmfestival received a standing...
article Schleswig-Holstein May Repeal Gambling Law
(2/23/2012)
(Germany) -- Schleswig-Holstein, the German state which introduced sympathetic online gaming legislation last year, could see it reversed according to analyst Daniel...
article Schleswig-Holstein Rejects Gambling Demolition Bill
(2/23/2012)
(Germany) -- Germany’s “Las Vegas of the north” can now go ahead with plans to be the only region to issue unlimited, low-tax online gambling licences.

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