Report a complaint about legal or illegal advertising

Prerequisites

No

Documents required

Optional: receipts for the incident (in various common file formats)

Please note

There are the following hints:

• If the whistleblower wishes to remain completely anonymous, he or she must ensure that his or her details or file uploads do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about his or her person.
• The whistleblower system is not suitable for reporting to the police
• The BIS (Authority for Internal Affairs and Sport) in Hamburg is responsible for the formal inspection and release (accompanying specialist authority in the country of implementation).
• The Saxony-Anhalt State Administration Office, Department 208, is responsible for the content of the transitional tasks relating to gambling.
• Responsibility for this focus of attention lies with the State Administration Office of Saxony-Anhalt until the end of 2022. From January 1st, 2023, information can be submitted via this online service. The joint gaming authority of the federal states will then be responsible

Deadlines

No

Procedure

You can submit a tip online or in writing and remain completely anonymous if you wish.
If you want to submit your notice online:

• In the whistleblower system, you describe your tip regarding the focus on advertising for legal or illegal gambling in a brief and concise manner.
• After sending your notification, you will receive a reference number from the system that you can use to send additional information to the responsible authority online or by post.
• The whistleblower system gives you the option of setting up an anonymous mailbox. The notice given and any additions are saved in this mailbox and the responsible authority can send you feedback on this.
• Note: The online service is currently under development and will then be made available to you

In principle, you can also send information informally in writing to the responsible authority.

Processing time

4 - 8 weeks

Fees

No

Legal remedies

No

Legal basis

Section 5 of the State Treaty on the New Regulation of Gaming in Germany (Gaming State Treaty 2021 - GlüStV 2021) of October 29, 2020

https://www.landesrecht.sachsen-anhalt.de/bsst/document/jlr-Gl%C3%BCStVtrST2021rahmen

If you have information about advertising by a permit holder or advertising for an illegal offer or event, you can submit it anonymously.
The publication of gambling advertisements is regulated in Germany. Only game providers who have received permission from the relevant authority to conduct gambling may advertise their gambling offerings (i.e. legal gambling offerings).
If you are not sure whether you have discovered a violation of gambling advertising rules, find out beforehand in the State Treaty on Gambling.
Here are a few pointers for you:

• Gambling advertising must not suggest that players can influence gambling.
• Between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. (daily) no advertising for virtual slot machines, online poker and online casino games may be broadcast or broadcast on the Internet.
• Directly before or during the live transmission of sporting events, it is not permitted for advertising for sports betting on this sporting event to be broadcast on the transmitting channel.

Information on gambling advertising, for example in the areas of horse and sports betting, lotteries, online poker or virtual slot machines, is relevant.