GGL: Fight against illegal gambling has a top priority

The new one has been for over a year now Gambling State Treaty 2021 in USA. However, the aim of containing the black market and channeling the gambling in such a way that the providers officially licensed is only yet reached.

However, a next stage has been taking effect since July 1st, as the joint gambling authority of the federal states (GGL) has started operating. The responsible board members Ronald Benter and Benjamin Schwanke for the first time reported to the public in detail on Friday and gave an insight into their work as well as the planned processes and measures as part of a digital press conference. In the course of this, the GGL board made it unequivocally clear that the fight against illegal gambling was overall. Because if illegal offers are not only available in parallel, but not infrequently even more attractive, it will be difficult to maintain a functioning, legal market.

Online complaints about non-licensed providers

Benter first explained in general how the GGL, which not only fights for illegal gambling, but should also and also want to keep the advertising in chess: “Our goal is to ensure that the business model, illegal gambling on the Internet , is not worth it in the long term. “

In the next six months the GGL achieve “visible results”. Various instruments are available to the authority for this project. Above all, a system, which has been active on the website of the GGL since the beginning of July, is to be brought up quickly and prevent non -permissible offers. In any case, the GGL wants to pursue all of the complaints submitted by the system with the highest priority in order to initiate legal steps if necessary in the next step. If an offer is made as not permitted, advertisements should follow directly from the responsible law enforcement authorities, which would not stop at international providers.

With a consistent handling of violations and the prevention of unpaid offers, the licensed providers are to be strengthened, who act in compliance with the regulations of the Gaming State Treaty and have been dedicated to increased player and youth protection.

IP and Payment blocking threaten not licensed offers

Basically, it is the task of the police and the public prosecutor to pursue illegal gaming providers. In the fight against these offers, the GGL also wants to take on the associated Internet providers. In this context, IP and Payment blocking are two essential instruments. If an IP is blocked, access to the illegal offers is no longer possible. Meanwhile, payment blocking is supposed to prevent the payments between players and providers.

Regardless of law enforcement, GGL also relies on close cooperation with the tax office. For a good reason, as Benter explains: “In our view, the reporting of gambling providers to the responsible tax offices is one of the most effective instruments to combat illegal gambling on the Internet. Because in the event of tax debts, the likelihood of future permission is about zero. ”

And in the event of cases, this does not only apply to USA. Rather, a provider who has tax debts in USA could also have problems abroad – for example in the form of withdrawal of a gambling license.

The first companies have already felt that the GGL is willing to let the words follow the words. The authority announced that it has initiated a procedure against a large company network, which includes the Lottoland and Lottohelden brands.