Apply for a bookmaker's license

• You apply for a bookmaker's license from the competent authority in whose district the activity is to be carried out.
• Your application will be reviewed by the competent authority.
• If there are no grounds for refusal and you meet all the requirements, you will receive a permit and a certificate once the procedure has been completed.

The permit can be issued with a time limit or a reservation of revocation or with a condition or a reservation of subsequent inclusion, amendment or supplementation of a condition. It can also be limited to individual events.

You must be able to demonstrate at least two years of practical experience in the bookmaking industry as a bookmaker's assistant with a licensed bookmaker.

• Certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority (not older than three months) - for persons and corporations as applicants (e.g. GmbH) for persons authorized to manage the company
• Extract from the central trade register (not older than three months)
• Proof of at least two years of practical experience in the bookmaking industry as a bookmaker's assistant to a licensed bookmaker. Applicants can also provide proof of professional aptitude in another way, in which case a statement from the German Bookmakers' Association must be obtained.
• Proof of equity capital in the amount of EUR 25,000. Applicants must prove that this is not partly borrowed money or capital from a third-party partnership.
• Tax clearance certificate from the tax office responsible for the racing betting tax - in the case of persons and corporations as applicants, also for the persons authorized to manage the company,
• Tax clearance certificate from the tax office responsible for income tax or corporation tax
• Extract from the commercial register and shareholders' agreement for persons and corporations as applicants
• Floor plan of the betting shop and copy of the rental agreement (proof of ownership, if applicable) for this business premises
• Security deposit in the amount of EUR 2,500 per bookmaker's betting office and EUR 500 per bookmaker's assistant
• Social concept pursuant to Section 2 (5) and Section 6 GlüStV
• If applicable, proof of training of the bookmaker's assistants (e.g. through corresponding certificates of attendance), in particular with regard to the requirements pursuant to Section 4 (3) and Section 7 GlüStV

Rhe fees are based on the respective administrative fee schedule of the federal state or on the fee statutes of the authorities responsible under federal state law.

Limited period of validity of the permit

If the documents are complete, your application will be processed promptly.

• § 2 Rennwett- und Lotteriegesetz
• § 3 Ausführungsbestimmungen Rennwett- und Lotteriegesetz

Administrative court action

The following information is available:

In the case of applications for the granting of a bookmaker's license, further investigations may be carried out with regard to reliability (e.g. involvement of the district police authority, the German Bookmakers' Association and the Directorate for Thoroughbred Breeding and Racing e. V.)

09.08.2024

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.