Do people from France, Germany, Spain etc play online?

[HesseJam]

I'm from Germany. Poker is indeed still quite unknown here but I saw a couple of Germans in the online Poker Rooms. Off shore online gambling is a felony in Germany and can carry a sentence to up to 2 years. It is currently not prosecuted though. A couple of casinos have poker rooms.
Last month or so they began to show Poker on TV. Germans are usually slow in adapting new things but once they get going they'll come in masses. The country is full of gamblers like any other but the major impediment for online poker might be English.

[Zwiggelte]

There are thousands of Dutch (The Netherlands) pokerplayers, who play on Party & Skin and other sites, such as Stars.

[Roland]

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Off shore online gambling is a felony in Germany and can carry a sentence to up to 2 years.

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Wtf? I'm from Germany too and i didn't even know this. May I ask where you found that bit of information?

[xenthebrain]

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Off shore online gambling is a felony in Germany and can carry a sentence to up to 2 years.

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Wtf? I'm from Germany too and i didn't even know this. May I ask where you found that bit of information?

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This is bullshit. We don't have clear laws for internet gambling. It's legal at the moment, and we don't have to pay taxes on winnings.

[Roland]

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This is bullshit. We don't have clear laws for internet gambling. It's legal at the moment, and we don't have to pay taxes on winnings.

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Thanks for clarifying. That’s good news. Whew.

[solucky]

hehehe if poker is legal in germany. What is the reason that u can play it only in official casinos ??? It is defined as NOT SKILLBASED, and i doubt its legal here. But so far noone try to bring someone to a courthouse........and yes many germans play poker.....i know myself 15 personal

[SoftcoreRevolt]

Can you post the lyrics to the German national anthem so I can sing it while I move to your wonderful European utopia with no tax on online poker?

[solucky]

So far only in scandinavia no tax. Germany perhaps no tax , guess the chance that it is taxfree is around 75%.

[Hung]

Maybe because you play during another time zone.
Scandinavians play mostly on prima.
A lot of French players on VC, a lot of Dutch players on Everest.

[Tann]

There are a few hundred Hungarians playing poker online. The number increased since last autumn, when Sport1 channel started to broadcast poker tournaments.

I met players from Russia, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland, Lithuania, China as well.