Show illegal gambling

Prerequisites

No

Documents required

Optional: evidence of the incident (possible 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 the information 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 approval (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.
  

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, describe your tip about illegal gambling briefly and concisely.
• 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 in writing and anonymously to the responsible authority.

Processing time

4 - 8 weeks

Fees

No

Legal remedies

No

Legal basis

Section 2 of the State Treaty on Gambling (GlüStV) 2021

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






§§ 4 para. 1 following State Treaty on Gaming (GlüStV) 2021

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

The offer of internet gambling in Germany requires official permission or a license. Organizing an illegal game of chance is a criminal offence. If you become aware that a game provider is publishing and running gambling offers on the Internet without such a permit, you can use the whistleblower to submit your information to the competent authority.
Anyone can be a whistleblower and remain completely anonymous if they wish.
Information on illegal gambling is relevant, for example in the areas of horse and sports betting, lotteries, online poker or virtual slot machines.
If you are not sure whether your information is about illegal gambling, you can find out more about this in § 2 and § 4 paragraph 1.2 of the State Treaty on Gambling (GlüStV) 2021.