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German Online Gambling Black Market Continues To Flourish Due To Poor Legislation

A new study found that half of German online gamblers engage with unlicensed operators Existing GlüNeuRStv measures are not effective in protecting players from the black market German gambling trade bodies have called on GGL to promptly address the issue The government has failed in its goal to drive consumers to the regulated online German…

Law ・ 23 November 2023

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Germany: four out of ten slots players at risk of gambling harm

Germany's first "scientifically grounded report" to measure problem gambling has been published by Drogenbeauftragter, the Federal Drug Commissioner of the Bundestag. The report is the first to measure gambling harm in Germany. This follows the launch of the country's legal online casino market in July 2021. The study pulled the most recent data…

Gambling Addiction ・ 14 November 2023

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Stakeholders in Germany Ask for Changes to Gambling Regulations

Image Source: Shutterstock.com Ratified by the German Federal States in March 2021 and adopted on July 1 of the same year, the 2021 Interstate Gambling Treaty (GlüNeuRStv)imposes a general ban on online gambling with the exception of licensed traditional lotteries, sports betting, horse racing, online poker, virtual slot machines, online poker, and…

Law ・ 26 September 2023

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Germany: Regulator approves close to 50 more gambling licences

However, only 25 providers have been so far added to the official white list of operators licensed in Germany, due to outstanding security deposits. After 18 months of preparation and development work, the GGL from 1 January 2023 took over all gambling regulatory tasks previously performed by individual federal states within Germany. This includes…

Law ・ 11 January 2023

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Sächsische Spielbanken secures online slots licence in Germany

Sächsische Spielbanken has a monopoly on the land-based casino sector in the state of Sachsen. The operator will offer online slots to players in Germany via the Sachsenlotto.de website. Issued by the Sachsen-Anhalt state administration office, the licence will allow Sächsische Spielbanken to operate online slot games legally across the…

Land-based ・ 11 November 2022

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Tipico receives German online slots licence

The licence will allow Tipico to offer slots under two domains, Games.tipico.de and Goldrummel.de. Tipico had already been licensed to offer online sports betting at a number of domains, and has a large network of retail betting shops across Germany. Tipico is the tenth business to be licensed to offer online slots across Germany. Tipico now joins…

Industry ・ 29 October 2022

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Rootz secures online slots licence in Germany

Issued by the Sachsen-Anhalt state administration office, the body responsible for national online casino regulation and licensing, the licence will allow Rootz to offer online slots to players in the country. The licence will cover the Wildz.de, Wheelzgames.de and Spinz.de German-facing websites. The operator will join the nine businesses and 12…

Poker ・ 29 September 2022

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Frankfurt court orders online casino to refund player €26,000

The case, which was initially heard in the Gießen Regional Court in September last year, relates to activity on the German-language website between January 2018 and February 2020, a period in which the customer lost more than €26000. The court said that the casino was operated by a business based in Gibraltar and did not hold a licence to offer…

Games ・ 17 September 2022

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Sonnenspiele becomes latest licensed German slots operator

The operator will join the eight businesses and eleven brands already licensed by the Sachsen-Anhalt state administration office, the body responsible for national online casino regulation and licensing. The German slots regime is highly tax and regulatory intensive; and larger, more established companies - often with roots in the land-based sector…

Law ・ 01 September 2022

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Another Gauselmann brand licensed to offer online slots in Germany

The business joins fellow Gauselmann brand Merkur on the list, as well as Mernov, which was founded as a joint venture between Merkur and Novomatic, though has since implemented a new shareholder structure. Given that both Merkur and Mernov were licensed for multiple sites, this means that six of the ten brands allowed to operate in Germany are…

Law ・ 17 August 2022

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DSWV Urges GGL to Immediately Safeguard Germany’s Online Gambling Marketplace Against “Unlicensed Threats”

German sports betting trade association Der Deutsche Sportwettenverband (DSWV) has urged the new federal gambling regulator Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL) to immediately safeguard Germany's online gambling marketplace against "unlicensed threats". Last week, the GGL formally took charge of the regulatory supervision of GlüNeuRStv, Germany's…

Industry ・ 05 July 2022

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Gambling Market Trends Include Advanced Technology For An Improved Customer Experience

Gambling Market 2022 - Opportunities And Strategies - Forecast To 2030 The Business Research Company's Gambling Market 2022 - Opportunities And Strategies - Global Forecast To 2030 LONDON, GREATER LONDON, UK, July 4, 2022 / EINPresswire.com / -- The adoption of augmented and virtual reality is a popular trend shaping the gambling market outlook.…

Industry ・ 04 July 2022

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Zeal’s Lotto24 secures first German licence under GlüNeuRStV

The seven-year licence will run through to 30 June 2029, in accordance with the new State Gambling Treaty (GlüNeuRStV) and will allow Lotto24 continue offering its lottery brokerage products nationwide. The follow-up licence is Zeal's first issued under the GlüNeuRStV, which came into force on 1 July last year. Lotto24's existing licence came into…

Sports ・ 24 May 2022

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Germany gaming regulators approve Mernov MBH for slot gaming

Germany has awarded its first online slot license. The Ministry of the Interior and Sports has approved Mernov Betriebsgesellschaft MBH as the first operator for online slot gaming licensing since the passage of the Fourth Interstate Gambling Treaty (GlüNeuRStv). The Bundesländer of Saxony-Anhalt is the interim regulator of the new regime. The…

Sports ・ 09 May 2022

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German Court Awards €12,000 in Suit Against Online Casino

The High Court of Frankfurt in Germany has ruled that an online casino customer can recoup roughly €12000 ($12775) in losses incurred while playing. claimed that the losses were incurred in 2017 As first reported by German magazine Spiegel, a man from the Hesse region cited problem-gambling laws in his suit. He claimed that the losses were incurred…

Law ・ 26 April 2022

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More German woes as Frankfurt court backs gambler’s claim against online casino losses

A flood of lawsuits could be on the horizon for German online gambling incumbents, as the High Court of Frankfurt supports a ruling that an online casino customer was entitled to reclaim losses. Brought to light by German weekly news magazine Spiegel, a gambler from the region of Hesse had made a claim against a'Malta-based operator'declaring that…

Malta ・ 26 April 2022

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Winning Post: German gambling adjusts to a new normal

Undertaking a deep dive of German sports betting (omnichannel) and online gaming monthly tax yields since July's GlüNeuRStV market reform. Regulus Partners uncovers that "as is often the case a critical mass of consumers is proving resilient to bad regulation" - creating a dangerous precedent for all market stakeholders. The German domestically…

Covid ・ 07 February 2022

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German court throws out player’s case to recoup gambling losses

The plaintiff had played online casino games from an operator based in Malta, before Germany's Fourth State Treaty on Gambling (GlüNeuRStV) was implemented. The GlüNeuRStV allowed online slots and poker to be offered in Germany for the first time. They argued that because online play was illegal at the time, they were entitled to reimbursements on…

Incidents ・ 03 December 2021

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German Whitelist Shows No Online Casino Licensees

The German state of Sachsen-Anhalt has published its "whitelist" of licensed operators under the country's Fourth State Treaty on Gambling: featuring no licensees whatsoever for online slots, table games or poker. The list includes a number of approved online sports betting licensees, after the vertical was approved by the country's Third State…

Sports ・ 13 October 2021

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Aspire launches BuyWin feature in Germany to “lower tax burden”

The tool was developed in conjunction with Pariplay, and Aspire said it offers better returns for casino players in the German market, while effectively lowering the tax burden for operators. BuyWin is now live with Aspire's leading operator partners, alongside a number of operators on Pariplay's Fusion platform. It was developed in response to the…

Finance ・ 09 July 2021

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Germany Launches Online Casino Market With State Treaty

The German government has implemented a new State Treaty on Gambling officially legalizing online casino and poker across the country while also introducting a list of new restrictions for operators. [Image: Shutterstock.com] For the first time in history, gamblers in Germany can legally play their favorite casino games online. The country has…

Industry ・ 02 July 2021

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StarGames online casino debuts in German market

Greentube -owned StarGames has significantly increased its audience after the online casino brand went live in the newly-regulated German online market, after implementing the requirements of the New State Treaty on Gambling (GlüNeuRStv). The launch gives players in the Western European country access to a wide range of content including favorites…

Trust and Safety ・ 01 July 2021

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More Operators Fall in Line as New Online Gambling Law in Germany Comes into Force

The new online gambling law has come into effect in Germany as of Thursday. The online poker market in particular is heavily influenced by the new regulations, and more operators have responded to the new burden. Unibet and PokerStars were the first to react and now more operators have joined the bandwagon. Among them are GGPoker, partypoker, Run…

Law ・ 01 July 2021

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Germany Approves Controversial iGaming Tax Bill

The controversial "GlüNeuRStv" (Glücksspielneuregulierungstaatsvertrag) which is the new German state treaty on gambling was approved by the Finance Committee last week. The bill was put together by the Bundesrat which is the Federal Council in Germany and it received a lot of opposition from online casino stakeholders as they felt the bill was…

Finance ・ 28 June 2021

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Germany Approves Controversial iGaming Tax Bill, Takes Effect From July 1

The controversial' GlüNeuRStv' (Glücksspielneuregulierungstaatsvertrag) which is the new German state treaty on gambling was approved by the Finance Committee this week. The bill was put together by the Bundesrat which is the Federal Council in Germany and it received a lot of opposition from online casino stakeholders as they felt the bill was…

Finance ・ 25 June 2021

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Saarland ratifies German online casino treaty

The proposal was first approved in March 2020, and it aims to legalise online poker and casino games in the country from July 12021. The governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) voted for the bill, as did Die Linke, while Alternativ für Deutschland (AfD) abstained. The implementation of GlüNeuRStv was dependent…

Religion ・ 07 May 2021

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DLTB hails “crisis proof” German lottery performance in 2020

Germany's state lottery association the Deutscher Lotto und Totoblock (DLTB) has revealed that amounts wagered on the vertical grew year-on-year in 2020, resulting in €3.10bn (£2.80bn/$3.82bn) being returned to state governments through duties and taxes. For the 12 months to 31 December, Germans staked €7.90bn across the country's 16 state…

Lottery ・ 19 January 2021