
Also, with the emergence of new, technology-based currencies, the Germany Government is attempting to keep up with the changes. In recent years, more solid regulations have been implemented but there are still some gaps as technology continues to expand.
In 2008, online gambling was deemed illegal in Germany via an interstate treaty. However, since gambling is regulated at the state, and not federal, level, the State of Schlewsig-Holstein did not sign the treaty and created its own online gaming law instead. The result was that only licensed sites in Schleswig-Holstein were legal but available for all Germany players to enjoy.

In 2013, the German Finance Ministry announced that bitcoin is a “unit of account” which can be utilized for taxation and trade within the country. To date, bitcoin is not considered to be e-money or a foreign currency. However, there is no specific regulation with regards to Bitcoin gambling. Since Bitcoin transactions typically take place on the Internet, Bitcoin gambling is considered online gambling which is illegal to operate domestically but legal to utilize internationally.