Schleswig-Holstein accepts applications for gambling licenses

Last year in USA the New Gambling State Treaty put into effect. Nevertheless, the gambling supervisory authority decided in the context of the amendment to the law has not yet started its work. And the federal states have not yet made use of their possibility of being allowed to award gambling licenses by hand. Schleswig-Holstein is now starting.

Not the same number of licenses for each federal state

The state plans to award four licenses. The number of casinos in a federal state decides on the number of licenses. In the case of Schleswig-Holstein there are a total of five casinos and thus five licenses. But a licensee is already certain: the state lottery. So there are still four licenses for award. Last week, the Ministry of the Interior there has given interested companies to submit opportunities to submit their application. Since then, gambling providers have been allowed to apply for a fee for a fee. How many companies apply is not yet known. But even if more than four companies apply, licenses will no longer be issued.

However, it will take a while for it to determine which companies the licenses go. Applicants must go through a strict and detailed review process in Schleswig-Holstein. The ministry press release does not show how much time is intended for the procedure. However, the chosen companies can then look forward to a license for a period of 15 years. This period is also likely to be happy. The players will also be pleased that online casinos in the state can also offer roulette. Schleswig-Holstein has used the existing scope for regulation of the federal states and decided on a law that can also be offered roulette.

Instead of several licenses, monopoly also possible

In addition to the scope to regulate the type of execution of the Gaming State Treaty, each federal state can also award a monopoly of gambling licenses-with the requirement that it must be a state provider. As a result, the chosen state provider would then have the sole right to offer online casinos. Then other casino games – including roulette – can also be offered. Also sports betting and Slots may then be available. Nevertheless, it is questionable how big the offer will be. In general, it can be said that the more providers are, the greater the range of offers. So various promotions and bonuses from various companies could be offered, in addition to various slots. How a monopoly will develop can soon be observed in Thuringia. Which state provider receives the license is not yet quite certain, but it is speculated that the state tends to the lottery company.

Player protection not in the scope of the federal states

North Rhine-Westphalia, on the other hand,-like Schleswig-Holstein-is awarded several licenses in order to meet the purpose of the Gaming State Treaty-illegal gambling and the corresponding offers to give no chance of spreading. That is why North Rhine-Westphalia will also be able to offer roulette and baccarat. But even if the more precise execution has been left to the federal states, they must adhere to the prescribed player protection. A certain scope is therefore attributed to the federal states. However, every scope comes with restrictions, including in the case of the Gaming State Treaty. This allows critical voices to be calmed at least on this point. So there is no federal state around a sufficiently high player protection.

Both the scope of the federal states and the fixed rules regarding player protection will benefit the users. A sufficiently large offer should be made available with high standards for player protection. As soon as the first licenses have been awarded, players can be excited to see which offers they can use in their state.