German probe calls for GlüNeuRStv intervention on soft credit checks

The application of cross-operator checks and protections mandated by Germany’s Fourth Interstate Treaty on Gambling (GlüNeuRStV) has come under scrutiny.

The liabilities of the GlüNeuRStV regime were detailed by the journal Investigate Europe, which on 6 March published an article titled: “Legal, illegal, doesn’t it matter?”

The article exposes that “in Germany, state governments have circumvented the rules, allowing gambling companies free rein in their illegal business while the criminals remain unmolested.”

An investigative team has accused German federal states of allowing online operators to bypass strict financial cross-operator checks to allow customers to gamble above the deposit threshold of €1,000.

The laws of the GlüNeuRStV regime, imposed since 1 July 2021, obligate licensed operators to apply a cross-operator €1,000 deposit limit on customer accounts.

GlüNeuRStV rules allow operators to increase the deposit threshold to a higher limit of €10,000, depending on a cross-..

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