Given the task definition and input, reply with output. Given a sentence in Igbo language, translate the sentence to English language keeping the meaning of the original sentence intact

Igbo sentence: Mgbe obere oge di site na 2008 ruo 2012, mgbe a na-ewere igba chaa chaa iwu na-akwadoghi n'okpuru iwu goomenti (ma e wezuga Schleswig-Holstein), goomenti German nyere iwu ohuru na-achikwa ikikere nke ndi oru igba chaa chaa.
After a short interval from 2008 to 2012, when gambling was considered illegal under federal law (with the exception of Schleswig-Holstein), the German government introduced new rules governing the licensing of gambling operators.