New German regulator set to approve nearly 50 more igaming licences

Wednesday, January 11, 2023 8:16 PM
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  • Dan Kleiner, iGaming Business

The newly created German regulator Gemeinsamen Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL) has conditionally approved close to 50 more gambling licences for online slot games and poker.

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However, only 25 providers have been so far added to the official white list of operators licensed in Germany, due to outstanding security deposits.

After 18 months of preparation and development work, the GGL from 1 January 2023 took over all gambling regulatory tasks previously performed by individual federal states within Germany. This includes issuing new gaming licences as well as investigating and combating illegal cases of gambling in the country, which had already been a responsibility.

The regulator has also approved almost 600 of the 3,500 individual game permit applications for both online slot games and poker.