Tag Archives: Germany

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has announced that the Rizk Casino brand has received approval to launch in Germany from the Federal Gambling Authority, Gluecksspiel (GGL). This approval will see RIZK become the flagship casino property of Betsson AB, operating in Germany’s Fourth Interstate ‘GlüNeuRStv’ gambling marketplace. Formerly a B2C brand of GiG, Rizk was acquired by Betsson in April 2020, …

The German Sports Betting Association (DSWV) has responded to what it believes is an incorrect assessment of OASIS self-exclusion figures in the country’s media. Latest figures from the self-exclusion system show that the number of registered bettors rose from 47,000 in 2020 to 192,600 at the beginning of May 2023, suggesting a four fold increase in self-banned players.  These figures …

The Court of Cologne of North Rhine-Westphalia has been informed that the business of Tipster GMBH is to be restructured and sold.  The decision has been taken by Cologne law firm Heidland Werres Diederichs (HWD), which on 9 May was placed in charge of Tipster GMBH’s insolvency proceedings. The offices of Tipster GMBH – the operating company of German Interstate …

LeoVegas AB has reported a difficult opening to 2023 trading, having registered a group-wide decline in revenues across key markets.  The new property of MGM Resorts, LeoVegas reported total quarterly revenue of €95m, a 4% decline on previous year income of €98.5m, whilst EBITDA also declined 3% from a Q1 2022 loss of €2m to a deeper loss of €3m. …

A legal judgement by the Higher Administrative Court of Saxony-Anhalt has ruled that Gluecksspiel (GGL), the Federal Authority of German Gambling, can penalise licensed online gambling operators “who are advertised on affiliate websites featuring unlicensed businesses.” The Court of Saxony had been ordered to provide a ruling on the precedent that defines the boundaries of online gambling advertising in Germany. …

Cologne law firm Heidland Werres Diederichs (HWD) has announced that it has been put in charge of the insolvency proceedings of Tipster Service GMBH (Tipster Group).  The appointment of HWD has been approved by the District Court of Cologne, which last week received an application for “the initiation of a provisional insolvency proceedings” filed by Tipster Group, the operating company …

Gluecksspiel (GGL), the Federal Authority of German Gambling, has confirmed that daily fantasy sports (DFS) will be classified as a gambling product available to German consumers. The decision has been made following a review of DFS products, games and tournaments, in which the GGL concluded that DFS can be classified as a gambling product under the regulatory framework of Germany’s …

This morning, German police and anti-corruption officers raided the Cologne offices of online sportsbook Tipster.de.  The news was broken by Bild.de, which reported that 1,000 officers from the state police force of North Rhine-Westphalia had stormed the office of Tipster.de to search over 100 items. It was reported that “the raid was carried out on suspicion of illegal gambling and …

The Gluecksspiel (GGL), Germany’s federal gambling regulator, has won a court case regarding a ruling against an unnamed television broadcaster for promoting a gambling offering. At the end of March, Munich’s Supreme Court decided that the GGL’s ruling that the broadcaster had been providing ‘online games of chance’ in the form of ‘competitions’ was lawful, as customers could win money …

IMG Arena has filed against Stats Perform over alleged breaches of exclusive data collection rights during Austrian, Czech, German, Greek, and Swiss soccer matches.  In the claim, IMG Arena alleges: “At various times, Stats Perform has for the purposes of its businesses been operating a multijurisdictional, unauthorised ring of data collectors (or unofficial ‘scouts’), which it sends to matches at …