Market focus: Germany
A two minute briefing on the egaming market in Europe's largest economy.
The Treaty, which came into force on 1 January last year and bans egaming in Germany, has been criticised by the other German states, the European Commission and many of the operators with big market share there.
Schleswig-Holstein’s ruling Christian Democratic Party (CDU) and the Liberal Party (FDP) have called for it to end. CDU leader Jürgen Koppelin said that if the other German states failed to agree on a new uniform regulation to replace the Treaty, the coalition would seek to introduce an intrastate licensing system.
x Main operators: PartyPoker, Everest Poker, Bwin, Bet-at-home
x Total internet gambling: worth 753m, of which 141m was onshore in 2008.
x Offshore split: 35% sports, 33% casino, 28% poker, 4% other.
x Total gross win value of the German regulated gambling market (betting, gaming and lotteries) in 2008: 9.4bn
x Lotteries: totalled 4.9bn gross win in 2008, of which 3.8bn was state lotteries and just over 150m was Oddset for sports betting.
Data source: H2 Gambling Capital