Gewerbliche Spielvermittlung Erlaubnis

§ 19 State Treaty on the New Regulation of the Gambling Sector in Germany (GlüStV 2021)
https://www.landesrecht-hamburg.de/bsha/document/jlr-Gl%C3%BCStVtrHA2021pP19

If you want to operate a commercial gaming agency, you need a permit.

As a commercial gaming agency, you are not a sales office, a lottery collector or a betting agency. Rather, you broker individual gaming contracts to organizers. You also bring together players interested in gaming to form gaming communities and broker their participation in the game to an organizer.

If you want to broker gambling, you need a license. You must apply for the license from the responsible authority. The license is issued for a limited period and may contain additional conditions.

• advertising concept
• social concept
• General terms and conditions of business
• certificate of good conduct
• business advertisement
• extract from the Central Trade Register
• commercial register extract

• They have the necessary reliability.
• They comply with the applicable regulations on child protection, internet bans, advertising restrictions and information on addiction risks.
• They carry out the mediation properly and comprehensibly.
• They participate in the banning system and ensure the exclusion of banned players.
• They ensure that two thirds of the collected amounts are forwarded to the event organizer.
• You guarantee that the mediation is disclosed to the organizer each time you participate in a game.
• You appoint a trustee to keep the gaming receipts.
• They allow each player to view his or her own game receipts.

The costs vary depending on the individual situation.

• You submit your application together with the necessary documents to the responsible authority.
• The responsible authority will examine your application and, if necessary, request any missing documents or information from you.
• After a positive review, you will receive the permit notice.

Up to several months

No

The commercial brokering of lotteries through local sales outlets is not permitted. Sales are only possible via the Internet; brokering through local shops is not permitted.

suit

• Commercial gaming brokerage is not a sales office, a lottery collector or a betting brokerage but rather:
  • Mediation of individual gaming contracts with event organizers.
  • Bringing together interested players to form gaming communities.
  • Mediation of the participation of gaming communities to organizers.
• Gambling brokerage requires a license.
• Application for permission must be submitted to the responsible authority.
• Permit is issued for a limited period and may contain additional conditions.

Department of Home Affairs and Sport