Lottoland Deutschland, Lottoland’s German subsidiary, has secured a license from the GGL or Gemeinsamen Glücksspielbehörde der Länder to offer its lottery products in Germany. The regulator has now whitelisted the company. Additionally, the company plans to secure additional licenses in the near future.
Founded in 2020, Lottoland’s Germany-facing business will finally reach customers through its lottery products. It will consequently become the twelfth lottery broker in the German market. The company will join the likes of ZEAL and Tippland.
Moreover, according to the EGR report, the company expects to receive licenses for sports betting and online slot games very soon.
Lottoland is planning to operate under the lottoland-deutschland.de and lottohelden-deutschland.de domain names, according to the announcement.
Magnus von Zitzewitz is Lottoland Deutschland’s managing director. He commented on the new license and expressed his excitement. Von Zitzewitz said that his team is delighted that its application was finally approved by the GGL, following a period of intensive examination.
The new license marks the end of previous hostilities between Lottoland and the GGL. Recently, the German regulator cracked down on Lottoland. It deemed to be operating illegally. The authority has asked local internet service providers to block access to the company. This is despite its efforts to dispute the illegal operator label.
Fortunately for Lottoland, Germany’s Higher Administrative Court of Rhineland-Palatinate eventually considered GGL’s blocking order to be unlawful. It says that the operator did not violate the country’s regulations.
In other news, a study recently commissioned by Lottoland in the United Kingdom showed casino games intimidate many people in the country. According to Lottoland’s study, 2,000 UK adults, 29% respondents felt uneasy about the prospect of entering a casino.
37% were discouraged because they lacked enough knowledge of the games offered there. For the meantime, 19% feared being judged for not knowing the rules of a game. Another 23% quoted doing the wrong thing as the reason for their worry.
