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A silver bullet


The New State Treaty has been criticised by the President of State Constitutional Court for being rather than a political compromise a bullet proof legally compliant solution.


Gambling legislation in Germany falls within the competence of the federal states. Tat is why all 16 German federal states have agreed on an Interstate Treaty on Gambling to establish a homogeneous Gambling regulation. Te current Interstate Treaty entered into force in 2012 and will cease to be in force by the end of June this year. One of the central provisions in the current treaty is the internet ban of §4 paragraph 4 GlüStV, which is equally disputed in the industry and between legal experts.


Whilst the federal states opted for an experimentation clause in 2012, which would enable online operators to obtain a licence for online sportsbetting in Germany, other online offers like slots or online poker remained strictly prohibited.Tis will change with the ISTG 21, coming into force July 1, 2021. From this date, operators will be able to participate in a formal application process for Online Gambling Licences. Te federal states concede that the current regulation has proven unsuitable to steer the urge to play in an orderly direction. However, new operators will be forced to adhere to strict requirements that are equally challenging from a technical and from a legal standpoint.


Te new Interstate Treaty differentiates between three newly regulated forms of gambling: virtual slots, online-poker and online casino table games (like Roulette, Blackjack). Whilst the first two forms will be subject to a new nationwide licensing procedure, online casino table games will be subject to the regulation of the individual federal states. Since October 15, 2020, operators have already had a first taste of the new regulation of the ISTG 21 through the so-called Interim Regime for virtual slots and online poker.


Te current Interim Regime comprises of two relevant documents: “Te Resolution by written circular procedure of the heads of the State and Senate Chancelleries of the Federal States” and “Te Common guidelines of the supreme gambling supervisory authorities of the German Federal States with regard to the offers of virtual slot machines and online poker on the basis of the resolution by written circular procedure“. Tese administrative agreements contain several requirements whose fulfilment – as long as their implementation is technically feasible - shall prevent operators from being the target of any public enforcement measures and from being considered to be unreliable in a subsequent licensing procedure. Effectively this means an administrative de facto toleration of online gambling services meeting the requirements until July 2021.


Substantively the Interim Regime pre-empts most of the regulations set forth in the new ISTG 21. Te following list contains the most relevant requirements that operators have to adhere to:


P64 WIRE / PULSE / INSIGHT / REPORTS


Dr Wulf Hambach, Founding Partner, Hambach & Hambach


Dr Wulf Hambach is one of the founding partners of Hambach & Hambach law firm and advises clients on gambling law and is also co-founder of the European portal Gaminglaw.eu. Hambach & Hambach is a boutique law firm based in Munich, Germany, specialising in corporate law consultancy services for all TIME industries – telecommunication, Internet, media and entertainment.


www.timelaw.de w.hambach@timelaw.de


“Whilst it is welcome that the federal states recognises the need to give providers their rightful place in the legal market, the legislator has only partially succeeded in implementing the


appropriate regulatory framework for this.”


Dr Wulf Hambach


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Te gambling provider must have its registered place of business in a Member State of the European Union or the European Economic Area.


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Exclusion of minors and blocked players via identification and authentication (comprehensive KYC) is ensured. During the transition regime, exclusion of blocked players must be ensured via an own, provider-specific blocking system.


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l Only one account per player is allowed. l


Providers must ensure that Payments into or from a player account may be made exclusively from a (banking) payment account which has been opened in the name of the player.


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Separation of player-operations funds and organiser funds is obligatory.


Exhaustive information on stakes, winnings, losses of the previous 30 days, pay-out ratio, probability of winning and losing, contact data and how to submit a complaint must be provided.


Definition of a domain-specific individualised monthly deposit limit (which constitutes a key change to the current Interstate Treaty) of no more than €1,000 with option to set domain-specific daily, weekly or monthly stake, deposit and loss limits.


Gambling providers must implement a 24- hour blocking option (so called “panic-button”).


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Granting loans or playing on credit is prohibited.


Specific requirements for Virtual Slot machines: l


Prohibition of auto-play and simultaneous playing.


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