The central question in German online gambling regulation is not only whether a licensed market exists. The harder question is whether consumers actually stay inside it when they make real decisions under real conditions. A legal framework can create permits, technical systems, supervision and public registers, but it cannot automatically control consumer behaviour. Channelisation only works when the regulated offer is not merely lawful, but also reachable, understandable, commercially credible and sufficiently attractive for the player who is already willing to gamble online....

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