{"id":50777,"date":"2022-09-14T08:11:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T08:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=50777"},"modified":"2022-09-14T08:20:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T08:20:15","slug":"german-court-ready-to-hear-case-against-restrictions-on-sports-betting-kiosks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/german-court-ready-to-hear-case-against-restrictions-on-sports-betting-kiosks\/","title":{"rendered":"German court ready to hear case against restrictions on sports betting kiosks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-44017\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GermanFlag1280-300x140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GermanFlag1280-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GermanFlag1280-768x359.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GermanFlag1280.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Four betting operators have lodged a formal legal case in relation to regulations contained in Germany\u2019s first state treaty on gambling. The regional court of Stuttgart, the capital city of south-western state Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, will play host to what could be a defining case in Germany\u2019s approach to casino operations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Currently, Section 21(2) of the \u2018Gl\u00fcStV\u2019, the first piece of legislation attributed to the country\u2019s fledgling gambling marketplace, determines that retail sportsbooks and traditional casino games cannot be offered to customers within the same building. Clearly, given either enterprise would have a captive audience to engage if both activities were permitted under one roof, the rule serves to undermine a significant commercial opportunity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The complaint filed by the four gambling firms suggests this regulation should be withdrawn. Furthermore, it alleges that the initial introduction of Section 21(2) was not followed by any guidance or support to those concessionaires who already had functioning sportsbooks and casino verticals operating within the same building.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg feels like the ideal location to conduct the hearing. The state has developed its own regulatory criteria as a local extension to Section 21(2), putting in a formal measurement to the distance tolerated between a company\u2019s various gambling offerings. Section 42(1) of the LG\u00fcG, the jurisdiction\u2019s own adaptation of the native gambling framework, dictates that sports betting and casino facilities must be positioned at least 500m apart from one another.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The case is currently scheduled to be heard towards in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four betting operators have lodged a formal legal case in relation to regulations contained in Germany\u2019s first state treaty on gambling. The regional court of Stuttgart, the capital city of south-western state Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, will play host to what could be a defining case in Germany\u2019s approach to casino operations. Currently, Section 21(2) of the \u2018Gl\u00fcStV\u2019, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2,11,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-gaming","category-headlines","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>German court ready to hear case against restrictions on sports betting kiosks - iGaming Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/german-court-ready-to-hear-case-against-restrictions-on-sports-betting-kiosks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"German court ready to hear case against restrictions on sports betting kiosks - iGaming Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Four betting operators have lodged a formal legal case in relation to regulations contained in Germany\u2019s first state treaty on gambling. 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