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The coalition has come in terms of gambling contract to an agreement.

The Minister of Economy leaves open the possibility that his state of Lower Saxony, as his neighbor the world would still have more deregulation, ignored. After it had been many years in this respect discussions coalition of CDU and FDP recently came to an agreement in terms of the games of chance.

The Government agrees with the choice of the 15 state leaders and wants to sign off on the contract already created in the parliament. The FDP giving up the ability to take action, such as in northern Germany. The northernmost state has retired from the contract of the 15 other state leaders and took further market liberalization in attack.

With this option, the Minister of Economic Affairs had sympathized. Late last year, the federal states had signed up on the world to the new gambling agreement. Lottery wants to also provide the net casinos may make advertising and virtual gambling is permitted in moderation, that is the highest bet per capita per month.

For operators of sports betting from the private sector would be awarded in the Federal Republic 20 approvals. The contract will be valid in July 2012, but before that happens, a vote will be held in the state legislatures. In the north, turned to a special law on the legs, which provides fewer restrictions on gambling operators from the private sector can be more freedom and less taxes required of them, as stated in the contract included the 15th

In the north, it is believed that this agreement is not in conformity with the law of the EU, since it curtails the freedom of competition too much. It has been the Commission to comment on this contract. This is not unique and is variously interpreted. The FDP is talking to their benevolence for the North now in the background and gave her consent to the treaty. In parallel, one would like to establish a so-called "interim law".

This implies that the terms of the new contract for the time being access to 100 percent in California, this should also be the case when a court ruled that the gambling contract is contrary to competition law. Coalition parties claim that the CDU has won in this contest with the FDP.

This occurred when the CDU in the fight in the coalition to a guarantee that the jobs of the "Schlecker" As associates gave way, and so cared for tensions within the coalition. The Minister must give in now, his range looks after some time to gambling matters.

The "Young Liberals" were not agree and called the gambling contract as "not very courageous." The provinces should improve it before the ECJ declared this invalid.