Hi Google-answers-team,

I would like to know how Germans can legal promote (as an affiliate)
online gambling such as casino, poker, gambling and sportsbook?

Is there a need to set up an offshore business?
Is an online gambling license for promotion only required? 

Thanks in advance for answering my question.

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Clarification of Question by sub0-ga on 05 Jan 2006 00:33 PST

Promotion in countries (not germany) where online-gambling is allowed
as a german citizen

As an affiliate (ONLY), you can legally promote online gambling
activities in Germany AS LONG AS the gambling business is LEGAL
(having a gambling licence somewhere in the world) and AS LONG AS that
business's aim is not to defraud clients (usually, having a gambling
licence means that it's OK). You can be personally liable in Germany
for promoting illegal businesses or scams to Germans, or European
citizens (if you look at european consumers laws). But you can't be
responsible for promoting a gambling business that is legal elsewhere.

If you are not the affiliate but the operator of the online gambling
business, you are already out-law in Germany:
- because you are running a business located in Germany that doesn't
have the proper licences to do so,
- you are promoting an illegal business.
Since you are only acting as an affiliate it's ok.

Last word: becareful with the method used to promote online casinos
(SPAM is regulated ;).

Yep! Itīs illegall to be a onlne casino operator but you can promote
any affiliate program. Just make sure you have a disclaimer on the
botton of your pages and donīt target a specific country or region.

Check out http://www.bluecoincasino.com 

This site has a lot of online casinos and it doesnīt target any
country but languages, because even if you are a germany guy you can
bet on Las Vegas and you donīt need to change your citizenship for
that.