Bwin has a licence for Eastern Germany

Bwin has win a new case in the German courts, in a series of legal cases that have complicated the life of the german bookmaker and have caused significant ups and dows of its shares.

The new case decided last week by the German regional court in Saxony said that the operator  can continue to provide services ” in the former Communist East Germany under a licence issued days before German reunification in 1990 . (…) The court ruled that this licence also covered arranging bets over the Internet, a decision which could undermine German plans to outlaw Internet gambling in new legislation planned to become effective next year. Bwin cheered the ruling.”

But the German court also said that the licence was not valid for Western lands of Germany, but bwin announced  they will redirect the German citizens to the bwin’s international web site bwin.com — which operates under a license issued by the British Overseas territory of Gibraltar.