Legal experts speak out against liberalizing the German lottery market
Private operators fighting against the current treaty are simply looking to “earn billions” at the expense of players. Without the existing limitations there would be a significant increase in gambling addiction, they said.
At least one lawyer, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Haltern from the University of Freiburg, cited the “historically grown, religiously primed and morally-culturally established” basis of the current German lotto regulation as a reason to leave the status quo intact.
“Simply ridiculous”
Others, however, are not so sanguine. An industry insider told Lotnext it was “simply ridiculous” to claim that the current incarnation of the German State Treaty on Gambling had been a success, citing not only the fact that the allocation of sports betting licenses had failed miserably, but also adding that an estimated 80% of all gambling in Germany now occurs through illegal channels – and thus without government oversight, tax revenue, support of good causes, player protection, or even safeguards against criminal infiltration.
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