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Jorg Sibbel, the chair of German gambling regulator Gemeinsamen Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL) will exit the organisation on 1 July, to be replaced by Udo Götze, state secretary in the Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Municipal Affairs. Six months on from the GGL taking over all tasks as gambling regulator, the body will be
The Higher Administrative Court of the State of Saxony-Anhalt has ruled that the German gaming regulator the Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL) does indeed have the power to impose advertising restrictions. When the GGL granted gambling operators the right to offer online games of chance it did so through permits that included provisions. These provisions imposed
The German sports betting body Deutscher Sportwettenverband (DSWV) has taken aim at the country’s addiction association Deutsche Hauptstelle für Suchtfragen (DHS) for “incorrect” turnover figures. The DSWV said that the DHS’s “Yearbook on Addiction 2023” incorrectly estimated the size of the sports betting market. In support of this point, the DSWV highlighted the nature of
Detectives of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine (ESBU) uncovered an underground casino as well as seven other gambling establishments in the Kyiv region. During the course of the operation, the ESBU raided eight addresses. Evidence seized through these searches included approximately 100 computers, a number of poker tables and playing cards and chips. The
Members of German sports betting trade body Deutscher Sportwettenverband (DSWV) have re-elected Tipwin CEO Dr. Damir Böhm to the body’s executive council, the Presidium. The DSWV membership unanimously elected Böhm to a second five-year term. The chief executive has been a member of the Presidium since 2018. Following a stint at the Kartal Lawyers firm
William Hill has announced that it will donate all profit it makes from Eurovision bets to relief efforts supporting displaced Ukrainians in the UK. The profit will be donated to the Support Ukraine initiative, which provides humanitarian aid to displaced Ukrainians living in the UK as well as their families abroad. The final donation total
Romanian slots operator Goldprest Impex SRL has had its licence revoked after the country’s regulator said it did not pay the full amount of its licence fee. The licence was revoked after an investigation took place into a number of facets of Goldprest Impex SRL’s operations, including its fee payments. Romania’s Gambling Supervisory Committee initially
Hungarian gaming regulator the Supervisory Authority for Regulated Activities (STFHZ) has fined an unnamed private individual HUF 30m (£70,000/ $87,000/ €79,000) for organising a real estate lottery. The regulator warned that such activities, where real estate or cars were given away as part of a lottery, are considered games of chance, and that neither private
The Higher Administrative Court of Rhineland-Palatinate in Koblenz has found that the German regulator die Glücksspielbehörde (GGL) had no legal basis to order a provider to block Malta-based online lottery business Lottoland. Lottoland was subject to the first German blocking order issued by the new regulator, due to its view that lottery betting was prohibited
Sportsbook software and igaming platform supplier Digitain has opened its new office in Bucharest, Romania, in a move to expand its presence in Europe. This is part of an ongoing expansion strategy. The new office will allow Digitain to provide its European customers with more centralised customer service. This is the first of several new
