Four Casinos receive Online tab

A year after the vote on the money game law, the first of four Online Casinos available prior to the Start: their applications have passed the Review by the Federal gaming Board (the FGB). This is one of the Federal Gazette of yesterday.

The first legal hurdle, the projects of the Casinos of Baden, Davos, Luzern and Pfäffikon have been overcome. The the FGB shall submit these four requests to the Federal Council , is expected to decide by the end of June. After that, the four Casinos want to your offers at the earliest by 1. July.

The Grand Casino Luzern CEO Wolfgang Bliem is happy about the decision. "I am confident that our license application is to convince the Federal Council," he says. Details about the Lucerne Online Casino, the as Mycasino.ch going into the race, wants to tell Bliem, if one more hurdle is out of the way: Currently, the claimant must certify all of the games and the FGB approve. This process should be completed by July.

Zurich plans to mixed games

An Online concession operators of conventional stationary casinos, Internet Casinos are but for a full year from the whole of Switzerland can apply for. The Swiss Casinos Holding wants to use its permit for all locations. "We are setting up in our Casinos in Zurich and Pfäffikon tables where the players both physically and online, can participate," says marketing Director Marco Zemp. At Swiss Casinos.ch is to be provided for 100 games, from classic casino games to modern machines.

The Grand Casino Baden AG has requested for their two sites each have a separate Online licence. Baden has of free play Jackpots.ch experience; 15,000 players have registered, according to the head of marketing, Beat Lehmann. In the future, should be on the platform, even games with cash stakes. Davos is a separate page on Casino777.ch launch.

delay in Bern

An extra round to load the casino of Bern and neuchâtel. "We are in the first Tranche of Online licence applications," confirms Patrick Cupelin, head of Marketing at the Grand Casino Kursaal Bern AG. You heard how the new Burger Casino Kongress + Kursaal Bern AG, both of which have filed for analog applications. This would correspond almost to the specifications. "Only in the formal legal sector, we do not need to attach small adjustments, because the Interpretation of some contracts was quite clear," said Cupelin. What type of contract it is, he does not want to make public.

"We will revise our application and once submit. After that, we hope for a rapid granting of concessions," said Cupelin. "The launch of our Online service will be delayed by a few weeks, for a Start in July, it is no longer enough." This is inconvenient: For the first providers in the new market, it is easier to secure a large piece of the cake. "The game Commission takes it very carefully," said Cupelin. "But that is in order, it would be out of place to Express criticism." If further requests were returned, not responded to the FGB yesterday.

basics for network lock in place

Covered all operators to keep their sales targets on the Internet, even though they had to specify this in the applications. Zemp, Swiss Casinos just says: "there was talk of 250 to 300 million Swiss francs, which tended to migrate to illegal Online offers from abroad. How much is played now at Swiss Online the Casinos, is very difficult to estimate." Open is for the time being, also, how much will bring in the game's Bank levy, the social stations.

At the Start of the new Online Casinos by 1. July also block the legal basis for the power in force at the time of the vote on the money to act the game very controversial. The the FGB and the lottery Commission of Comlot can instruct Internet providers to block access to non - licensed, mainly foreign, Casino and betting sites.

(editing Tamedia)

Created: 24.04.2019, 22:44 PM