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GGL reports 23% of German online gambling market was unauthorised in 2024

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Germany’s GGL published its 2025 activity report on 3 July 2026, covering supervision of licensed operators and action against illegal gambling. The report cited a study of the 2024 market, which estimated that unauthorised offers accounted for 23% of market volume and regulated operators 77%. The GGL said it would continue the study to track market changes.

The market estimate gives operators and regulators a measure of the unauthorised share of German online gambling.

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Saxony-Anhalt court upholds GGL ban on unlicensed online casino operator

The Higher Administrative Court of Saxony-Anhalt ruled in decisions dated 21 October 2026 that a ban on an unlicensed online casino offer in Germany could remain enforceable. The court rejected the operator's application, while leaving open whether the GGL's SCHUFA-G practice for raising deposit limits constituted an enforcement deficit.

The Higher Administrative Court of Saxony-Anhalt ruled in two decisions dated 21 October 2026 that a ban on an unlicensed online casino offer in Germany can remain enforceable, and that a €50,000 coercive fine imposed over the offer can also be enforced. The court rejected the operator's application in the first case (3 M 61/26) and changed the Halle Administrative Court's suspension order in the second (3 M 62/26). The court left open whether the GGL's SCHUFA-G practice for raising deposit limits amounts to an enforcement deficit.

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