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Originally Posted by ReadBird
First of all this " eu is gambling" point of view have been old news now for a very long time. If you see it as gambling, fine. But do not mistake your opinion with laws regarding definition of gambling or not. I think MA's lawyer has that pretty much under control, don't you? |
My opinion isn't important here, it's the opinion of the legislative that counts. And gambling laws are pretty strict in germany (or europe in generel, but can't speak for the other countries). Basicly every game, which involves money and depends purely (or at least >=50%) on luck is considered as gambling in germany.
And that's exactly what happens in
EU. You can't influence the loots, globals, HoFs and ATH with your knowledge, you depend purely on luck to get them. You have to understand that law's are always generalized. There is no black list in gambling laws that say i.e. poker is forbidden and game xyz is allowed.
There are some exception to this, for example if it's a poker tournament. Then you need to get a special authorization to run this event. And begining with 2008 the laws in germany got even stronger. You aren't allowed to advertise gambling in any ways. For example, if you have a ad banner on your website, you (as webmaster) are responsible for it's content. If that banner advertise gambling, you can be forced to pay a penality for it, even if it wasn't your fault that the company who distributes this banner service has show it.
One problem with this new law could be google adwords, since it displays ads depending on the content of your page. So for example if you write a news article about a the new law and that it's forbidden to advertise for gambling and have google adwords on your webpage, it could see the words as "poker" and show gambling ads. Then you're fucked up (as webmaster), because you're advertising gambling and have to implement special hacks/workarounds so google adsense ignores that page or certain words when it gather information for the google adword advertisment.