Warning against www.onlinecasinoschweiz.24.ch, www.casino-zuerich.com and swisscasionoonline.eu

Bern, 20.01.2014 - The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has issued a warning against the websites www.onlinecasinoschweiz24.ch, www.casino-zuerich.com and swisscasinoonline.eu, which offer illegal online gambling. These websites are not connected in any way with Switzerland even though the use of the Swiss flag and numerous references to Switzerland falsely create that impression.

The websites www.onlinecasinoschweiz24.ch, www.casino-zuerich.com and swisscasinoonline.eu offer various online gambling games that are illegal under Swiss law. The website www.onlinecasinoschweiz24.ch is operated by the Bwin Group, whose headquarters are located in Gibraltar. The operator of the website www.casino-zuerich.com is the company Virtual Casino Service Inc., domiciled in Belmopan, Belize. It is not known who is behind the website swisscasinoonline.eu.

By making use of the Swiss flag and the geographical terms "Schweiz", "Swiss" and "Zuerich", the operating companies create the impression that the gambling games offered on the websites originate from Switzerland. However, the websites are not connected in any way with Switzerland.

The online gambling games offered on the websites have never been approved by the Swiss Federal Gaming Board. Under the current law, gambling on the internet is illegal.

Some of the content and the use of the Swiss flag on the websites are deceiving. In SECO's opinion, there are violations of both the Federal Act against Unfair Competition and the Federal Act on the Protection of the Swiss Coat of Arms.


Address for enquiries

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO
Holzikofenweg 36
CH-3003 Bern
Tel. +41 58 462 56 56
medien@seco.admin.ch


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