New Posts For Thread: No more Betfair Germanyhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29481575/no-more-betfair-germanyBetfair Group plc7 November 2012UPDATE ON GERMANYAs previously indicated, in July 2012 Germany introduced a law that applies a 5% tax on stakes on sports betting in the country. A tax at this rate, if applicable, would make Betfair's current exchange"For horse-racing, a nationalised exchange, or one run by non-profit racing authorities is the way to go for the future funding of the sport."They already have one. It's called The Tote and it's rubbish.Or Are you advocating the governement purchasehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29481575/no-more-betfair-germany?post_id=526169255#526169255"For horse-racing, a nationalised exchange, or one run by non-profit racing authorities is the way to go for the future funding of the sport."They already have one. It's called The Tote and it's rubbish.Or Are you advocating the governement purchaseSun, 18 Nov 2012 08:09:00 -0600fixed, Oddset do take single bets on a number of markets not just soccer. I do it several times a year when they make their ricks in Biathlon and Cycling.For the record, Oddset offer perhaps the worst sportsbetting product ever known to man and is anhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29481575/no-more-betfair-germany?post_id=526154617#526154617fixed, Oddset do take single bets on a number of markets not just soccer. I do it several times a year when they make their ricks in Biathlon and Cycling.For the record, Oddset offer perhaps the worst sportsbetting product ever known to man and is anSat, 17 Nov 2012 14:57:57 -0600@GalitzinHave worked fine for whom?That´s the fundamental question here. We all know the answer.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29481575/no-more-betfair-germany?post_id=525980109#525980109@GalitzinHave worked fine for whom?That´s the fundamental question here. We all know the answer.Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:09:16 -0600Bad news for our German betting brothers, but nationalised pools have worked fine in plenty more countries.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29481575/no-more-betfair-germany?post_id=525978449#525978449Bad news for our German betting brothers, but nationalised pools have worked fine in plenty more countries.Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:13:49 -0600margins for german nationalised sports gambling company oddset are almost at 50%. often they won't allow singles and live betting is entirely out of the question as their highly skilled government-bookmakers (so called Galitzins) of course are unablehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29481575/no-more-betfair-germany?post_id=525977759#525977759margins for german nationalised sports gambling company oddset are almost at 50%. often they won't allow singles and live betting is entirely out of the question as their highly skilled government-bookmakers (so called Galitzins) of course are unableSun, 11 Nov 2012 10:49:59 -0600For horse-racing, a nationalised exchange, or one run by non-profit racing authorities is the way to go for the future funding of the sport. Bookmakers like Fred Done have already said they barely need racing now they have FOBTs. So withdraw their lihttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29481575/no-more-betfair-germany?post_id=525977181#525977181For horse-racing, a nationalised exchange, or one run by non-profit racing authorities is the way to go for the future funding of the sport. Bookmakers like Fred Done have already said they barely need racing now they have FOBTs. So withdraw their liSun, 11 Nov 2012 10:30:01 -0600Any nationalised gambling always seems to rips off consumers though. Lottery margins etc. Dutch nationalised football betting is about 15% margin I believe (toto).The whole point of nationalised gambling is always in practice monopolisation (often unhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29481575/no-more-betfair-germany?post_id=525975173#525975173Any nationalised gambling always seems to rips off consumers though. Lottery margins etc. Dutch nationalised football betting is about 15% margin I believe (toto).The whole point of nationalised gambling is always in practice monopolisation (often unSun, 11 Nov 2012 09:34:55 -0600And any problem gambler who wanted to exclude themselves would only need to tick a box to achieve that.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29481575/no-more-betfair-germany?post_id=525967255#525967255And any problem gambler who wanted to exclude themselves would only need to tick a box to achieve that.Sun, 11 Nov 2012 03:58:26 -0600"nationalised exchange" is just what these control freaks are doing under a different flag.That isn't what they're doing at all. They're protecting the revenues they receive from the parasitic middlemen who take the bulk of the revenues. Why do we nehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29481575/no-more-betfair-germany?post_id=525967235#525967235"nationalised exchange" is just what these control freaks are doing under a different flag.That isn't what they're doing at all. They're protecting the revenues they receive from the parasitic middlemen who take the bulk of the revenues. Why do we neSun, 11 Nov 2012 03:56:30 -0600"nationalised exchange"- what a truly insane idea, I mean idiotic, is E group "Red Feck"? The issue here is that originally you had your physical walk in monopolised gambling, betfair (and others) came along and offered a service far better, these cohttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29481575/no-more-betfair-germany?post_id=525961933#525961933"nationalised exchange"- what a truly insane idea, I mean idiotic, is E group "Red Feck"? The issue here is that originally you had your physical walk in monopolised gambling, betfair (and others) came along and offered a service far better, these coSat, 10 Nov 2012 18:40:15 -0600