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OVG Saxony-Anhalt upholds GGL action against foreign streamer gambling ads

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Source: GGL (Germany)

The Higher Administrative Court of Saxony-Anhalt upheld the GGL’s order restricting a streamer based abroad from advertising unauthorised online gambling to audiences in Germany, in a decision dated 11 July. The court found the measure lawful, including because German-language content targeted viewers in Germany; the GGL said it would pursue such streamers more actively.

The ruling supports the GGL’s ability to restrict unauthorised gambling promotion aimed at German audiences from abroad.

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