Lawyer Joerg Hofmann questioned whether a GGL study accurately estimates Germany’s black market at almost 23% of the market, according to a report dated 30 March 2026. The report presents his view as a question about the study’s estimate.
The disputed estimate informs how stakeholders assess the scale of Germany’s unlicensed gambling market.
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European gambling regulators met in Halle (Saale), Germany, on 4 November 2026, with the GGL hosting and Italy’s ADM represented by Elisabetta Poso. The authorities discussed cross-border information sharing and cooperation on illegal online gambling, advertising rules and prediction markets, which the GGL said raise similar regulatory questions across jurisdictions.
European gambling regulators met on 4 November 2026 in Halle (Saale), Germany. The agenda covered action against illegal online gambling, rules on advertising and the regulation of prediction markets.
Germany’s GGL hosted European gambling regulators in Halle on 4 November 2026 and signed a joint declaration with the UK Gambling Commission. The authorities plan to deepen cooperation and establish structured information sharing; a pilot exchange on illegal gambling websites is a longer-term proposal.
Germany's GGL hosted the European Regulators Roundtable in Halle on 4 November 2026. The GGL and the UK Gambling Commission signed a joint declaration of intent at the meeting, the GGL said. Both authorities intend to deepen their cooperation and set up a structured exchange of information.
Germany’s GGL is reportedly replacing its decision guideline on 1 January 2027, requiring operators to verify income or assets for monthly deposit limits above €1,000. A German court had found SCHUFA-G unsuitable as proof of financial capacity, while the higher court left its applicability unresolved; the reported new model sets tiered verification requirements.
Germany's Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL) is reported to be replacing its decision guideline under section 6c (1) sentence 3 of the GlüStV 2021 with effect from 1 January 2027, according to information available. Under the reported model, operators granting a monthly deposit limit above €1,000 would have to have income or assets verified. The reported change follows a ruling by the Verwaltungsgericht Halle, which found the SCHUFA-G credit check unsuitable as proof of financial capacity because it only reflects the probability of over-indebtedness, in a decision of 6 August 2026 (7 B 491/25 HAL).
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.
Germany's GGL supervisory board is due to meet on 18 November to try to agree a replacement for expiring rules that allow online deposit limits to rise above €1,000 a month, experts said at a Gaming in Germany webinar on 21 October. The current regime, which permits increases to €10,000 or €30,000, lapses at the end of the year.
The supervisory board of Germany's Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL) is due to meet on 18 November to try to agree a replacement for deposit-limit rules that lapse at the end of the year, according to discussion at a Gaming in Germany webinar on 21 October. The board has so far been unable to reach agreement, the webinar heard.