The 3rd Amendment to the German Interstate Treaty on Gambling came into force at the beginning of the year

by Attorney-at-Law Martin Arendts, ARENDTS ANWÄLTE

The 3rd Amendment to the German Interstate Treaty on Gambling (3. GlüÄndStV), which now provides for the awarding of sports betting licenses without numerical restrictions, entered into force on 1 January 2020 as planned. The ratification documents of all federal states have been deposited with the State Chancellery of the Chairman of the Prime Ministers Conference by the end of 2019. From 2 January 2010, the Regional Authority of Darmstadt (Regierungspräsidium Darmstadt) will process the approval applications for the organization of sports betting for the state of Hesse (and thus also for the other 15 German states). The concessions are to be awarded in groups, i.e. on several applicants at the same time. The first concessions are not expected to be awarded before the end of February, as only then will the gambling board meet. However, the licenses are only valid until the end of June 2021 (the expiry of the current Interstate Treaty on Gambling).

Link to the official tender document:
https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:622736-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML&tabId=0