Online casino, GetMinted.com, is the first online gambling group to exit the German Market due to the country’s gambling ban.

Casino Manager for GetMinted.com, Stuart Miller, wrote an email to all players who were registered to the site and from Germany, to advise them that their accounts would be suspended as of March 1, 2008, due to the recent legal changes to the online gambling ban.

In the email, it explained that all accounts from players who lived in Germany, and were registered to GetMinted.com, would be suspended; however they would still be able to access their accounts in order to withdraw their funds only until March 1, 2008.

Miller also made mention in the email that German players should make sure all funds have been withdrawn before the mentioned deadline, and also thanked its customers for being committed to GetMinted.com.

Miller also gave his apologies for causing any inconvenience and stated that GetMinted.com would continue to monitor the current situation, hoping that it will be able to offer its services again in Germany.

The German ban against online gambling sites from other countries has been criticized by the European Commission as being totally against any of the European Unions rules of free trade. The Commission plans to work towards getting the ban reversed.

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