Residence ban
The ban on gambling in casinos for residents of the place in which the casino is located is called residence ban .
history
In addition to the moral and religious reservations about gambling , the warning against gambling addiction was a key argument against the establishment of casinos. However, since casinos attracted wealthy guests and the profits for casino operators and the state as the concessionaire are considerable, a number of casinos were opened from the 18th century. In order to protect the respective country children from the negative consequences, the states concerned issued residence bans. These forbade either the residents of the village or the residents of a "ban mile" (usually 5 kilometers) from visiting the casino.
law
These regulations have been in the gambling laws enshrined the federal states or in the game systems of the casinos. The casinos were obliged to check the players' eligibility to play. In some cases, the laws provided for so-called “mayor permits”, with which the city could issue special permits.
In Germany, residence bans have been largely abolished since the mid-1980s. In Rhineland-Palatinate , this took place on January 1, 1986. Hesse followed on March 1, 1986. Bavaria was one of the last federal states to abolish these regulations with the 1995 Casino Act. The rule that croupiers are not allowed to play in the casino in which they are employed is not affected by the lifting of the residence ban.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "That shows the whole hypocrisy of the state" . In: Der Spiegel . No. 48 , 1986, pp. 92-107 ( online ).
- ↑ spielbanken-bayern.de ( Memento from January 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
