Obligatory IT systems

The online gambling market in Germany shall also be monitored using information technology systems with effect from 1 July 2021. The providers of online gambling are under an obligation to connect themselves to these systems. Two systems with different tasks and functions exist in addition to the gamblers exclusion register that is operated by the State of Hessen:

• An analysing system pursuant to § 6i (2) GlüStV 2021, that analyses the data that the gambling providers have entered themselves for the implementation of the gambling supervision, and
• central files, that control the adherence to the limitation of the placement of bets for the gamblers (§ 6c GlüStV 2021) in addition to them preventing the parallel playing with numerous gambling providers (§ 6h GlüStV 2021).

Both of these information technology systems shall initially be administered by the State Administration Department in Saxony-Anhalt  with effect from 1 July 2021, before the responsibility is transferred to the Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder with effect from 1 January 2023 and Dataport, a public administration service provider for the state of Saxony-Anhalt.