Tag Archives: Gluecksspiel (GGL)

DAZN Bet’s launch in Germany has been confirmed by the operator, the sportsbook platform of sports media and entertainment giant DAZN Group. The bookmaker’s pending debut in the German market was confirmed by the federal regulator, the Gluecksspiel (GGL) last month when DAZN Bet was publicly added to its whitelist of approved operators. Confirmation of DAZN Bet’s entry into Germany …

Tough times continue for Tipster.de as the company’s operating licence with the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) was cancelled this week. The company, which is headquartered in Cologne, offers betting and casino services on the island and in Germany, but has been ordered to follow three courses of action by the realtor. Tipster must notify its customers of the cancellation, settle …

Gluecksspiel (GGL), the Federal Authority of German Gambling, has issued an open response to media inquiries related to the tender process of its ‘Evaluation Study on Player Protections’. In August, the authority announced that it had appointed Dr. Tobias Hayer of the University of Bremen to lead the year-1 evaluation of player protections formed under the Fourth Gambling Interstate Treaty …

German concerns on the cross-border impact of upcoming amendments to Maltese gambling legislation, known as ‘Gaming Bill 55’, have been echoed by Dutch stakeholders. In a letter to Dutch Minister for Legal Protections, Franc Weerwind, Loonstein Advocaten lawyer Benzi Loonstein shared his firm’s views on Gaming Bill 55. The Bill will prevent enforcement action from national authorities against businesses licensed …

The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has sought to convey ‘clarity, accuracy and transparency’ regarding recent criticism of amendments to the Maltese Gaming Act, known as Bill 55. A statement from the regulator addressed ‘recent remarks shared by sections of the media’ about Bill 55, which would add a new article to the Gaming Act. In particular, the MGA stressed that …

Gluecksspiel (GGL), the Federal Gambling Authority of Germany, has appointed the University of Bremen in the state of Lower Saxony to undertake its Player Protection study. Stakeholders were informed that the University of Bremen would be tasked with evaluating “the effects of extensive player protection requirements” established by German federal states that accepted and implemented the rules of the Fourth …

The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has suspended the licence of German sportsbook operator Tipster Limited (Tipster.de), effective from 27 June 2023.  The suspension comes under the stipulations of ‘regulation 8’ of Malta’s Gaming Compliance and Enforcement Regulations, which deems Tipster can no longer carry out its licensee duties.  Tipster will no longer be authorised to carry out online gaming services …

The leadership of Germany’s Gluecksspiel (GGL) is ‘ready to go’, Board Member Benjamin Schwanke has asserted to national stakeholders, six months into the federal gambling regulator’s operations. In a series of updates this week, the GGL has provided an annual report into the workings of the German betting and gaming market since the imposition of the Fourth Interstate Gambling Treaty …

Gluecksspiel (GGL), the Federal Gambling Authority of Germany, has revoked the licence of Tipster GMBH, the Cologne betting group currently under administration. The decision was made on June 15th, when GGL determined that Tipster could no longer process bets and wagers in compliance with the laws of the Fourth Interstate Treaty on Gambling (GlüNeuRStv).  Consequently, Tipster has been removed from …

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, …