German State Presidents Reject Radical Reform of German State Treaty on Gambling German State Presidents Reject Radical Reform of German State Treaty on Gambling
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Key Takeaways
  • At last week’s meeting of all 16 Presidents of the German Länder, legislators roundly rejected the proposals submitted by the state government of Hesse for a liberalization of the German State Treaty on Gambling which would bring it into line with EU treaties.
  • The Presidents were only prepared to accept minor amendments to the treaty. Unfortunately, minor amendments are unlikely to be enough to prevent the EU Commission from taking Germany to court over its failure to abide by EU treaties.
  • All the Länder Presidents would concede is a doubling of the number of sports betting licenses from 20 to 40.

At last week’s meeting of all 16 Presidents of the German Länder, legislators roundly rejected the proposals submitted by the state government of Hesse for a liberalization of the German State Treaty on Gambling which would bring it into line with EU treaties.