German Politicians Begin to Demand Changes to Interstate Treaty on Gambling
Key Takeaways
  • The devastating decision by the Wiesbaden Administrative Court which invalidated the licenses issued under the German Interstate Treaty on Gambling has prompted politicians to call for the treaty to be rewritten.
  • The Green Party has immediately jumped on the restriction of licenses to the arbitrary number of 20.
  • “This all has its origins in a completely messed Glücksspielstaatsvertrag which has made a constitutionally clean process from the outset almost impossible,” complained FDP MP Wolfgang Greilich.

The devastating decision by the Wiesbaden Administrative Court which invalidated the licenses issued under the German Interstate Treaty on Gambling has prompted politicians to call for the treaty to be rewritten.

All sixteen German Länder have signed up to the treaty—the Glücksspielstaatsvertrag—but the Wiesbaden court has ruled that it contravenes article 56 of the Treaty for European Union.