Special Provisions for Gambling on the Internet

(1) For obliged entities under section 2(1), no. 15, the special provisions of subsections (2) to (8) apply insofar as they offer or intermediate gambling on the internet. The threshold amount under section 10(5) does not apply to the application of the general due diligence obligations.
(2) The obliged entity may admit a player to gambling on the internet only once it has first established a player account for the player in the player's own name.
(3) The obliged entity may not accept deposits or other repayable funds from the player on the player account. Credit balances on the player account may not bear interest. Section 3(3), third sentence of the Payment Services Supervision Act applies correspondingly to sums of money accepted.
(4) The obliged entity must ensure that transactions by the player to the player account are made only 1. by the execution of a payment transaction a) by means of a direct debit under section 1(1), second sentence, no. 3, letter a) of the Payment Services Supervision Act, b) by means of a credit transfer under section 1(1), second sentence, no. 3, letter c) of the Payment Services Supervision Act, or c) by means of a payment card issued in the player's name under section 1(1), second sentence, no. 3, letter b) of the Payment Services Supervision Act, and 2. from a payment account under section 1(17) of the Payment Services Supervision Act established in the player's name with an obliged entity under section 2(1), no. 1 or no. 3. The obliged entity may dispense with fulfilling the obligation under the first sentence, no. 1, letter c) and no. 2, where it is ensured that the payment to participate in the game does not exceed EUR 25 for a single transaction and EUR 100 for several transactions within a calendar month.
(5) The obliged entity shall inform the supervisory authority without delay of the opening and closing of a payment account under section 1(17) of the Payment Services Supervision Act that is established in its own name with an obliged entity under section 2(1), no. 1 or no. 3 and on which funds of a player are accepted for participation in gambling on the internet.
(6) Where the obliged entity or another issuer issues to a player, for transactions on a player account, monetary values stored on an instrument under section 2(1), no. 10 of the Payment Services Supervision Act, the obliged entity or the other issuer shall ensure that the holder of the monetary value is identical to the holder of the player account.
(7) The obliged entity may make transactions to the player only 1. by the execution of a payment transaction under subsection (4), and 2. to a payment account established in the player's name with an obliged entity under section 2(1), no. 1 or no. 3. In carrying out the transaction, the obliged entity shall specify the purpose of the payment in such a way that it is apparent to an outsider why the payment transaction was made. The supervisory authorities may lay down standard wording for this purpose, to be used by the obliged entity.
(8) By way of derogation from section 11, the obliged entity may carry out a provisional identification of a player for whom it establishes a player account. Provisional identification may be carried out by reference to an electronically or postally transmitted copy of a document under section 12(1), first sentence, no. 1. Full identification must be completed without delay thereafter. Both the provisional and the full identification may also be carried out by reference to the identification and authentication requirements under gambling law.