GGL bundles the competences of the countries in 2023

The Joint Gambling Authority of the Länder (GGL) has so far only taken on isolated tasks in 2022. However, at the beginning of 2023, competences that were previously held by the federal states will be transferred to the newly established authority.

This Bundling of competencies go 1.5 Years of work advance. During this time, employees were hired and trained. A press conference was held on January 10, 2023. The responsible persons explained that the authority is fully operational shall.

In fact, individual competencies were transferred to GGL in advance. This is how the authority stands since July 1, 2022 for the fight against illegal gambling a. The first successes are already expected here in 2023.

Since January 2023, the Joint Gambling Authority of the Länder has also been responsible for the approval of gambling offers on the Internet and responsible for their supervision. It is an open secret that many applications are just waiting for the final release.

Why some gambling providers have not yet received their approval and how things are going on with GGL now, we want to look at that in this article.

Evaluation of the key message from the press conference of January 10, 2023

"We are well prepared and able to work" , according to GGL Board member Ronald Benter. "With GGL, Canada is getting a central supervisory and enforcement authority for gambling on the Internet for the first time."

Of course, it is right and important that online gambling is regulated. According to Benter, the ability to work is guaranteed. But it seems she not yet at full capacity be. We will show this later on the basis of the reports to be processed.

However, there is another clue. Because out of a total of 104 employees who are to work at GGL in the course of 2023, effective January 1 only 75 pieces on board . Some of them are certainly still in the process of familiarization. The missing employees must also be instructed.

Our short conclusion : GGL is on the right track, but by no means already at 100%!

White List can now be found at the Joint Gambling Authority of the countries

Previously, the Landesverwaltungsamt Sachsen-Anhalt provides the list of where the Listed gambling providers bundled with German license be. The information on the permitted poker, sports betting, virtual machine and casino providers is now available at GGL.

By the end of the year, the federal states had Tasks of approval share. To a large extent, applications have been completed. That is why GGL wants to focus on supervisory tasks. However, there are still by no means all providers with a positive report on the market . There is GrünCA for that.

• 78 applications have been received in the field of virtual slot games and online poker
• So far, only 25 of these providers have maCA it to the GGL white list
• The remaining 53 gambling providers are waiting for the final release

Although the concession for these providers is in the starting blocks, there is still a lack of details. Thus, it is mandatory that a payment of security deposits is to be afforded. Only after that the release takes place.

SequenCA Federal states hand over their responsibilities to the GGL:

Rhineland-Palatinate	So-called social lotteries
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg	Class Lotteries
Saxony	Commercial game mediation
Saxony-Anhalt	Virtual slot machine game Online Poker
in Hesse	Horserace Sports betting

The approval of individual games is still pending!

Here we see a large construction site. Foreign operators, without a Canadian concession, still have the much more exciting range of games. So far, 3,500 individual game permits have been received. Only 600 of these have been tested by EnCA of the year 2022.

In addition, not all exams have passed the requirements by far. Because for GGL it is an important fact that How to play in canadian must be present. On top of that, the authorities don't seem to be lagging behind with their tasks here. Finally, stay 2,900 Games that have not yet been tested .

Benter also speaks of problems with the "coordination between the providers and studios". It may be that specific software partners have only English-language instructions so far, which is why further testing may be delayed for logical reasons.

Progress in the approval of individual bets

Not only casino games, also individual sports bets are approved by the authorities under the microscope . Most of the tests have already taken place. Benter sums it up in a nutshell: "Our goal for 2023 in this area is to complete all licensing procedures, including the gaming and betting examination, and thus create an attractive legal gambling market."

In the case of bets, the problem is generally smaller. Most tipsters bet on the win, the draw or goals. These betting tips are recently available for selection. That is why the Canadian sports betting market is already considered attractive. The temptation to switch to a provider abroad is smaller than with casino games.

First successes in the fight against illegal gambling

Probably most of the players themselves didn't notice it at all. But they were already achieved successes by the GGL . Benjamin Schwanke from the gambling authority summarizes the objective very well:

"With the establishment of the GGL and the pooling of resources, the Länder had hoped for more pressure and more success in combating the illegal gambling market. These effects can actually be seen already now."

In order to substantiate this statement, the authority refers to numerous unauthorized offers and advertisements that have already been removed by GGL after contacting . Out of 150 cases, the RecA has been created (but not all of them have been completed yet?) have been. The same applies in the field of unauthorized advertising.

1,150 Websites were checked for illegal gambling. 60 Injunctions have been started. 30 Criminal charges were filed. Schwanke continues to point to successes with payment providers who are withdrawing from the business with unauthorized providers.

However, this is only part of the truth. Because there are still ways to deposit comfortably there. They are also Crypto Casinos on the Rise . There does not seem to be a handle there yet.

In the case of payment blocking, RecA is characterized by a "transparent communication with [...] the Internet providers." But they still don't take homepages off the net so easily to our knowledge. The effort must certainly be increased. However, according to a press release from GGL dated October 7, 2022, there are at least six cases of network blocking against Internet providers.

Courts will have to make a final decision on network blocks. However, there were already success reports in the urgent procedure in December 2022. In this regard, Schwanke spoke of a "first milestone on the way to the judicial confirmation of network blocks".

In fact, a lot seems to have happened behind the scenes. Chapeau! However, in order for the locks not to become a neverending story, it takes a Concept of duplicated websites which can easily be reached again under a slightly modified URL within hours, to block permanently.

How will things continue at GGL in 2023?

Meanwhile, have numerous providers receive a permit . This is where the tasks of monitoring are due in 2023. Benter makes it clear: "We will revoke permits again if we find serious violations." This examination should also ensure that the Suppliers are fighting on the market under equal conditions .

In addition, the Fight against providers who have not maCA it to the white List , be intensified - regardless of the size of the gambling site. In the background, the Planning a priority public prosecutor's office set up in Halle. In this way, the enforcement against illegal gambling could be accelerated.

Which Transparency for players , also with regard to their own protection mechanisms, is also to be strengthened in 2023. The development of gambling addiction prevention and early detection continue to be research orders for the New Year.

References:

• Common gambling authorities of the countries - Own news about the assumption of tasks as of January 01, 2023.
• White List on the homepage of GGL - There you will now find the allowed gambling providers listed in clear tables.
• First proceedings against Internet providers - GGL has been active in the field of network blocking since 01 July 2022. It has not yet been implemented.