The legal situation for on-line casinos The legal situation is still unclear in a great many countries of the earth. It is tried on the one hand, this booms in the form of taxations to participate, on the other hand one also many countries try to protect their inhabitants before the gambling craze. In the Federal Republic of Germany the same legal situation as for is valid other gaming houses for on-line casinos.

On-line casinos need a concession in Germany. If casino gambling is offered, without being able to show an appropriate concession, after § 284 StGB sensitive punishments are threatened. The United States of America prevented gambling over on-line casinos with a very efficient measure. There it is institutes for credit card, banks and payment services like e.g. PayPal, etc. forbade, transferring money at on-line casinos.

Thus it is impossible the US citizens to place on-line money for bets or participate in any other kind in gambling in the Internet. In the comparison to it is in Switzerland in principle permitted to play in on-line casinos. Here stands not under punishment to play to offer but gambling. Since most on-line casinos have their seat however outside of Switzerland, it is to be spent unproblematically in Switzerland its time with gambling in the Internet. However nevertheless once if a criminal procedure should come on, Swiss players must count on the fact that their employment and also the profit are drawn in.