Betting agency; application for a license to operate

A gaming license is required to operate a betting agency.

Permission to operate a betting agency cannot be granted if

• sports betting is brokered on or in the immediate vicinity of sports facilities or other facilities that are regularly used for sporting events,
• in a building or building complex in which a casino or gambling hall is located,
• in or in a functional unit with a restaurant or accommodation establishment in which gambling machines or gaming devices are installed or other games with the possibility of winning are organized or brokered, or
• without a minimum distance of 250 m as the crow flies measured from entrance door to entrance door to existing schools for children and young people, child and youth welfare facilities aimed at children aged at least six years, as well as addiction counseling and addiction treatment centers.

• The following documents are required:
  • Extract from the Central Commercial Register
  • Certificate of good conduct
  • Certificate of no objection from the responsible tax office
  • Extract from the joint enforcement portal of the federal states
  • in case of a legal entity: extract from the commercial register and description of the company structure
  • Copy of the concession/permit of the sports betting operator and the betting brokerage contract
  • Terms and conditions for betting in betting brokerage shops
  • Presentation of the distribution channel
  • Social and advertising concept
  • Description of how the exclusion of banned players is carried out

• A prerequisite for the granting of the license is the reliability of the operator of the betting agency, which is checked at least on the basis of a certificate of good conduct, an extract from the central trade register, a clearance certificate from the responsible tax office and a printout of a debtor directory query carried out via the joint enforcement portal of the federal states.
• The granting of a license also requires that the establishment and operation of the betting agency does not run counter to the objectives of the State Treaty on Gambling 2021 (e.g. preventing the development of gambling addiction, ensuring the protection of minors and players, ensuring the proper conduct of gambling, etc.).
• In addition, compliance with youth protection requirements, internet restrictions, advertising restrictions, requirements for the social concept and requirements for information on the risks of addiction must be ensured, as well as a comparison with the blacklist and the exclusion of banned players.
• A social concept must be submitted.
• Compliance with the legally required distances to sports facilities, casinos, gaming arcades, restaurants with gaming machines and schools, child and youth welfare facilities as well as addiction counseling and addiction treatment centers must be ensured.

The application for permission to operate a betting agency must be submitted by the sports betting operator to the government in whose district the betting agency is to be located.

The permit notice is issued to the betting agency operator.

The fee range for a license to operate a betting agency is between EUR 20.00 and EUR 5,000.00 (tariff no. 2.IV.1/2.1).

If you operate a betting agency without a gambling license, you may be liable to prosecution for the unauthorized organization of a game of chance.