Tag Archives: Ronald Benter

The twentieth edition of the Symposium on Gambling held at the University of Hohenheim in Germany presented a look into the gambling regulator Glücksspielbehörde’s (GGL) current and future gambling research practices.  Attending the meeting was GGL Board Member Ronald Benter, who spoke about the importance of well-rounded research into the gambling sector at a time when the State Treaty on …

Glücksspielbehörde (GGL), the Federal Gambling Authority of Germany, has detailed its concerns regarding impending changes to the Strafgesetzbuch (StGB), the Criminal Code of Germany. Speaking at the Lotto Talk event in Berlin, GGL Co-President Ronald Benter disclosed that the authority had issued an appeal to the Federal Ministry of Justice to ‘reconsider amendments to the Criminal Code’. The Ministry of …

Gluecksspiel (GGL), the Federal Gambling Authority of Germany has launched a new ‘public information campaign’ on online gambling safeguards.  The initiative was announced this week as the headline directive of Germany’s first ‘nationwide action day against gambling addiction’ hosted on 27 September. The authority detailed: “GGL is supporting this annual day of action by providing an information brochure in which …

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 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 …

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 …

Germany’s federal regulator, the Gluecksspiel (GGL), has issued a ‘severe fine’ against an unnamed licenced online gambling operator for advertising infractions. According to the GGL, the igaming firm ‘deliberately advertised’ its offering on websites that also promoted illegal offers, something which is prohibited under the marketing provisions of the Fourth Interstate Gambling Treaty (GlüNeuRStv). The GGL has not named the …

Gluecksspiel (GGL), Germany’s new federal gambling regulator, has published its first leadership statement issued by co-Executive Directors Ronald Benter and Benjamin Schwanke.  Commencing a new regulatory era for German gambling, the GGL officially took charge of managing and supervising Germany’s Fourth Interstate Gambling Treaty (GlüNeuRStv) on 1 January. “We have our finished house and are now able to work”, commented …

Gluecksspiel (GGL) has taken full control of the regulatory duties of Germany’s Fourth Interstate Gambling Treaty (GlüNeuRStv) – assuming its responsibilities as the “common authority for German gambling”.  Yesterday, at a meeting in Halle, representatives of the nation’s 16 federal states met for the last time to dissolve the ‘Gambling Collegium’ a state-sanctioned body which served as GlüNeuRStv regime’s ‘temporary …

The Leadership of Gluecksspiel (GGL) – the new federal agency for German gambling has initiated its first enforcement campaign “to block the offers of ineligible lottery betting operators”. The campaign was disclosed on Friday, during a digital press conference hosted by GGL co-leadership of Ronald Benter and Benjamin Schwanke, who outlined the regulator’s initial duties and measures available to safeguard …