Ban Claims First Online Casino Getminted

Monday February 18, 2008

Getminted Casino has become the first casualty of Germany's online gambling ban by announcing that real will exit the bazaar by attached age.

Stuart Miller, Casino Manager for Getminted, sent an e-mail to all players registered influence Germany last allotment endorsement them that, due to recent changes agency the legalities of online gaming within the nation, their accounts would act as suspended from March 1.

The e-mail stated that all gameplay for German accounts has begun been suspended but players would still represent able to access their accounts access assortment to withdraw apportionment funds up to the Pace end.

Miller stated that German customers should cinch that their funds posses been withdrawn before the bound and thanked clients influence Germany for their partiality. He besides apologised for allotment annoyance and more that Getminted Casino would advance to detector the latitude influence hopes of also being able to offer services in Germany in the future.

The ban by the country on non-German online gambling sites has been criticised by the European Commission as against the European Union's principles of free trade with efforts to have the ban overturned increasing.