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Germany: 2,000,000 online gamblers in spite of the ban by the law
According to a study published by Bitkom Research, which is a subsidiary company of Bitkom created on January the 1st, 2008 and which treats current data and studies about international markets of electronics, entertainment and the new numerical media, 2 millions Germans had played on a online website of gambling, casino, online poker or sports betting during 2009. Even if it is prohibits by the German law to play online in the 16 regions of the country. This number decrease if compared with 2008, because during this year 2.2 million players were mentioned. At the head of the hit-parade, the favorite gamble of our neighbors in Germany, we find the traditional lottery even if the national lottery is not proposed any more online since January 2008, it is played by 59% of the Net surfers, 1,180,000 people exactly.
The poker attracts 22% of the German online players because more than 400,000 people had chosen it. The sports betting arrive in third position with 18% of players, 96% of them bet on the Bundesliga. We can note that 70% of these players set a maximum monthly budget of 20 euros to play in websites of online gambling. The female gent accounts for 15% of the German players. The prohibition of online gambling in Germany could be raised. One of the 16 regions which constitute Germany has just cancelled its approval for the new treaty which it had given its agreement recently. The State of the Schleswig-Holstein located at the north of German is now called to put end to the prohibition for which it had taken share, a context which can release players.
Source: Poker 777
Wednesday, 06 January 2010
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