This week on the Right2bet blog, German lawyer and supporter of gambling deregulation, Martin Arendts, talks about gambling law in Germany, which is currently managed through a series of monopolies by the 16 'Länder' (or states) in the country. Whilst the initial move to state companies was seen as reasonably successful, these companies have recently seen a large dip in profit, having consequences for public spending above and beyond what would be the norm in a commercial market