Last week, the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous federal state, announced it will open to online casino operations, under the Fourth Interstate Gambling Treaty.

The Landtag state assembly said that five licenses for online gaming will be distributed with measures for supervision and player protection included. Online gaming is limited to roulette, blackjack and baccarat. Poker and slot games have not been approved.

From the State Assembly:

In North Rhine-Westphalia (...) a permitted range of online casino games is to be created. The population's demand for such a range of games is to be channeled into a permitted market in order to attract players who would otherwise continue to play with black market providers -providers from abroad would play against the risk of fraud and manipulation as well as against particularly addictive game designs and advertising measures through regulatory requirements. Channeling players into the legal market can also deprive the black market of its financial basis."
Read more here: https://www.landtag.nrw.de/home/doku...sinospiel.html