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Report irregularities in legal land-based gambling in Hamburg

If you have information about irregularities at a legal land-based gambling establishment in Hamburg, you can report this to the responsible authority.

Detailed description

If you have information about irregularities or legal violations at a land-based gambling establishment in Hamburg, you can report this to the responsible authority. Your information is relevant, for example, to betting shops, lottery outlets, or the Hamburg casino.

Information

Important notes

Prerequisites

They have credible evidence of irregularities at a legal land-based gambling establishment in Hamburg.

Documents required

Optionally, you can provide evidence of the irregularity.

Please note

If you report irregularities in a legal gambling establishment, you should inform the relevant regulatory authority. If desired, you can file a criminal complaint separately with the police.

Deadlines

Procedure & Fees

Procedure

You submit your report by post or email to the responsible authority.
The responsible authority will review your information and may contact you with follow-up questions if you provide your contact details.
If necessary, the responsible authority will initiate further steps. You will not necessarily receive information about the further course of the procedure.

Processing time

4 - 8 weeks

Fees

Legal notes

Legal remedies

Not applicable

Legal basis

Section 9 of the State Treaty on the Reorganization of Gambling in Germany (GlüStV 2021)

https://www.landesrecht-hamburg.de/bsha/document/jlr-Gl%C3%BCStVtrHA2021pP6a

Address and contact information