https://www.gluecksspiel-behoerde.de/aktuelle-white-list-ggl.pdf
Take a look at this page. Further down the providers with a German license are listed.
the provider Pokerstars received a German license on 17.0.6.24.
How can it be that a provider receives a German license even though they have ignored the legally binding decision and have not paid the repayment? Such a provider cannot be reliable. As far as I know, reliability is also a prerequisite for obtaining a German license. No words.
That’s why the Pokerstars license is being reviewed
Specifically, the GGL is examining whether Reel Germany should never have been granted a German license to offer online gambling. TSG Interactive Gaming, a sister company of Reel Germany, operates the website www.pokerstars.com (without the .de ending) and has thus also targeted German customers until at least summer 2023, although the company does not have a license for the German market.
The GGL must now clarify whether Reel Germany will lose its German license due to the unlawful activities of TSG Interactive Gaming. If this is the decision, no more online gambling will be allowed in Germany via the German Pokerstars website.
Illegal gambling: Pokerstars losses can often be reclaimed
Pokerstars was already banned in almost all of Germany in the past. Pokerstars only had a license in Schleswig-Holstein, where there have been exemptions for online gambling providers since 2012. In the rest of the country, however, the company operating the popular poker website would never have been allowed to offer gambling services. Because this happened anyway, affected gamblers can claim back the full amount of their losses incurred on Pokerstars.
Because the offer is illegal, the contracts between the Pokerstars operating company and its German customers are also void. This means that thousands of German gamblers should never have been allowed to deposit money into Pokerstars.
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No, I was one of the first to sue Bayton Ltd (Jackpot City) and 888 via CLLB, but that was in 2019/2020. Since then, I've only been interested in the subject. But I only came across it by chance when I had a large law firm set up a class action lawsuit. It was only then that I started to read up on it.
It is precisely for this reason that the GGL is examining Jokerstars and revoking its license. It is not as easy as Pokerstars imagines and in the end everyone will have to pay. Bill 55 has also already been proven to be unconstitutional under European law. It just takes time, but that is unfortunately the rule of law.
Do you happen to know who proved that Bill 55 is unconstitutional under European law? Do you have a source for this? I would be very interested ☺️
It has not been proven but the lawyers are of this opinion.
Unfortunately, there is not even a case against Malta.
The positive thing is that an ordination has been approved - it can happen quickly 😉
Thanks, I would have been surprised if I had missed that 😅
Well then, let's hope for the best ☺️
Sorry, I expressed myself unclearly. The Advocate General of the ECJ has stated in an initial statement that Bill 55 is in breach of the Treaty and will recommend that the ECJ take action against Malta. As a rule, the judges follow the Advocate General. Incidentally, it was not lawyers, but constitutional lawyers, some of whom are from the ECJ, who classified Bill 55 as being in breach of European law and the Advocate General of the ECJ will refer to this and then recommend it to the ECJ.
For me, this is as proven, so my wording was a bit unclear, sorry.
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