Germany to Abolish License Limits, Consider Broader Online Gambling Germany to Abolish License Limits, Consider Broader Online Gambling
Key Takeaways
  • It was agreed that the current online gambling framework needed to be overhauled.
  • “The limitation of concessions for sports betting from 20 should be abolished.”
  • Furthermore, it was hinted that the current rules prohibiting all forms of online gambling except sports betting may be relaxed.

Germany will scrap its arbitrary cap of 20 online sports-betting licenses, and will consider broader online gambling, as part of proposed regulatory reform to the failed Interstate Treaty on Gambling of 2012.