The German Gambling Authority (GGL) has published its latest activity report for 2025. The report highlights the GGL’s measures in supervising legal providers and its latest work against illegal gambling.

Supervision and Licensing of Legal Providers Further Systematised

While previous years focused primarily on granting licenses, in 2025 the emphasis shifted significantly to the structured supervision of licensed providers. Key instruments included supervisory discussions, both ad hoc and proactive measures based on reports and market observations. Internal collaboration between the relevant departments was further intensified, contributing to a uniform and consistent supervisory practice.

Further Development of the Technical Infrastructure and Supervisory Systems

The expansion of the technical infrastructure was further advanced. The goal is to create a reliable and comparable data basis for supervision, analysis and future regulatory decisions. Enforcing the mandatory and correct use of the safe servers by the authorised providers remained a challenging process in 2025, but it is the foundation for the necessary improvement in data quality.

Focusing the Fight Against Illegal Gambling on the Entire Market Environment

In 2025, the approach to combating illegal online gambling was further refined and consistently aligned with the entire market environment. In addition to measures against the operators themselves, the focus is increasingly shifting to the service providers involved. This approach ensures that illegal offerings are not viewed in isolation, but rather addressed within their market and process contexts.

In 2025, GGL worked closely with platform operators to further reduce the visibility of illegal content in the digital space.

Market measurement has been further developed scientifically. Due to its opaque and dynamic structure, the evaluation of the development of the illegal gambling market requires a particularly robust methodological basis. The 2025 activity report therefore does not include any independent figures on the size of the illegal market for the year 2025. Instead, the presentation is based on the results of the scientific study “Investigation of the black market and channeling of gambling on the internet based on a survey of gamblers”.

GGL deliberately chose this approach to increase the validity and comparability of the market data and to ensure methodologically sound results.

This study, already published, shows that in 2024 the market volume of illegal and therefore unregulated online gambling will be 23%. This results in a channeling rate of 77%. This means that legal or regulated offerings account for more than three-quarters of the online gambling market.

The existing study will be continued so that a scientifically sound data basis on the development of the illegal market can be provided.

Outlook 2026: 5 Years of GGL Mean Evaluation and Further Development

The developments so far show an increasing consolidation of the supervisory and enforcement structures within the framework of the State Treaty on Gambling 2021.

The focus in the coming years will be on the legally required evaluation, the preparation of the new licensing cycle from 2027 onwards, and the further strengthening of data-based and scientifically sound supervisory instruments.

The 2025 activity report can be found under Publications of the Joint Gambling Authority of the Federal States – Annual Reports.

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The Dutch national gambling operator, Nederlandse Loterij, has appointed Ageeth Bakker as its Chief Financial & Risk Officer (CFRO).

Since 2019, Ageeth Bakker was CFRO and a member of the Executive Board of Bovemij Group. Last week, she stepped down from that financial institution in the mobility sector, which specialises in insurance, guarantees and data services. Prior to that, Bakker was Chairperson/Managing Director of Onderlinge Waarborggroep Centramed. She also worked at Achmea Group for 13 years, six of which were in various executive positions; including as Director of Finance, Risk and Supply Chain Management at Centraal Beheer and Financial Director of Avéro Achmea.

Raymond Knops, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Nederlandse Loterij, said: “The Supervisory Board is pleased to welcome a highly experienced executive like Ageeth Bakker as CFRO of Nederlandse Loterij. Her extensive expertise in finance and risk and a career in regulated sectors are an excellent fit for this board position. With the arrival of Ageeth Bakker, the board is at full strength to further realize Nederlandse Loterij’s strategic ambitions as the most responsible gambling provider and the largest driver of sports and physical activity.”

Ageeth Bakker said: “What particularly appeals to me about Nederlandse Loterij is the combination of a strong social mission and a leading position in the gambling sector. With ten trusted brands, Nederlandse Loterij offers players a safe and responsible range of lotteries and online games of chance, the proceeds of which benefit society. I am happy to contribute to that. I look forward to working with the Board and all colleagues to continue building a successful and future-proof organization, so that we can continue to increase our social contribution.”

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