From the all-out bans of 2008 via Schleswig-Holstein’s special approach to the landmark Gambling Treaty of 2021: a detailed journey through the shifting regulatory landscape of online gambling in Germany—and the pressing new EU questions raised in 2025.

Brussels/Kiel/Munich, July 2011 - What had to happen, happened: On eleven pages, the European Commission has torn to pieces the proposal for a new inter-state treaty on gambling (GlüStV) submitted by 15 federal states (E 15) - not including Schleswig-Holstein. Brussels criticises the E 15 draft in particular because it provides for seven time-restricted national licences from 2012 onwards, which at best constitutes a conditional opening of the sports betting market.