I placed some (small) bets on soccerball in around 2010 when it was disturbingly easy in Germany to just make an online account and gamble your last pair of underpants away. Lost between 100 and 200 bucks over a couple of seasons. Then the law here went in the other direction and they shut down most of the online gambling stuff. Over night, a brick-and-mortar betting place spawned on every street corner. But being as lazy as I am, I just quit betting.