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DSWV stands up for regulated European peers after documentary’s amateur sports betting claims

The German Sports Betting Association (DSWV) has hit back after a documentary implied Germans were able to bet on amateur football matches with licensed operators in other EU countries.

German television broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk recently released a documentary entitled “Attack on amateur soccer – the greed of betting providers”.

The DSWV said the programme misled viewers into believing Germans could circumvent a ban on betting on domestic amateur sports, and place wagers with licensed betting providers in other European Union (EU) countries.

The documentary concealed “important facts” from the audience, the DSWV continued. It pointed out international providers use geolocation to prevent cross-border betting. The film includes a German customer deliberately working around those measures, although the DSWV claimed that wasn’t made clear, thus implying it was easy to circumvent such restrictions.

Additionally, the film didn’t make clear the customer would not be able to clai..

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