Germany reported 1,843 illegal gambling websites made inaccessible in 2025. That sounds decisive until prominent operators keep returning through new domains, payment routes and search listings. The problem is not a lack of activity. It is a system that still measures individual interventions more clearly than permanent market outcomes....
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Investigations & Analysis
September 17, 2026
Bet3000 disappeared online. Who made money from it?
When Bet3000 vanished from the German online market, the customers and their money did not vanish with it. The public record cannot trace every displaced euro, but it shows clearly...
Investigations & Analysis
September 15, 2026
GGL court defeats expose weaknesses in German gambling enforcement
Dr Nik Sarafi has turned a series of gambling disputes into a much broader test of the GGL’s legal discipline. His record is not undefeated and the latest decisions are...
Investigations & Analysis
September 12, 2026
Evolution’s Asian trail did not disappear!
Hong Kong and Singapore produced complete player journeys. Thailand and Vietnam added funded play and operator-linked technical routes. None of that proves that Evolution knowingly approved every session, but it...
Investigations & Analysis
September 11, 2026
Follow the tax money: Bet3000 versus Lottoland
A conservative internal Bet3000-linked tax compilation records €211,171,607.82 in German payments. Lilith Wittmann's Lottoland investigation points instead to disputed liabilities running into hundreds of millions. The figures are not equivalent,...
Investigations & Analysis
September 9, 2026
Evolution Files investigation challenges claims of full clearance
Malta Media’s five-year investigation does not declare Evolution guilty of every allegation or Black Cube right about everything. It reconstructs the record, including the newly public Spectrum report and shows...
Investigations & Analysis
September 9, 2026
GGL questioned over Tipwin LUGAS evidence and Bet3000 standards
A €50 provider-wide limit, a €1,000 cash deposit and successful wagers at Tipwin and Neobet around two minutes apart do not prove a regulatory offence. They do, however, touch the...
Investigations & Analysis
September 9, 2026
Evolution Spectrum Report findings raise fresh compliance concerns
Playtech went public through the London Stock Exchange this morning, saying the Spectrum Report validates key parts of the Black Cube investigation. Having now read the report material filed yesterday,...
Investigations & Analysis
September 7, 2026
GGL gambling enforcement raises questions over licence transparency
Germany can hit a rapper for €250,000. So where are the fines against its licensees? At a club concert in Wiesbaden, Germany's national gambling regulator used police assistance to serve...
Investigations & Analysis
September 4, 2026
GGL faces scrutiny over competitor evidence in Bet3000 licence case
At 12:15 on 26 July 2024, an email reached named officials at Germany's national gambling regulator. Its sender, Dr Damir Böhm, said information had been received from within the circle...
Investigations & Analysis
September 3, 2026
German gambling safeguards face test over cash-funded betting wallets
Professor Bernd Grzeszick's defence of SCHUFA G is stronger than the slogan normally used to attack it. He does not treat a credit score as a payslip or a live...
Investigations & Analysis
September 1, 2026
Tipwin wallet raises questions over Germany’s LUGAS betting limits
A test dossier received at Malta Media presents a €50 provider-wide LUGAS limit and a €1,000 cash deposit at a Tipwin shop before mobile bets at Tipwin and Neobet. The...
Investigations & Analysis
August 28, 2026
German gambling regulation faces renewed legal certainty questions
It is very easy to turn Simon Springer into a prophet if you start with the conclusion and work backwards. I am not interested in doing that. Springer spent decades...
Investigations & Analysis
August 26, 2026
Illegal Gambling Domain Remains Online Despite Years of GGL Action
There are moments when regulation becomes so complicated that everybody starts discussing procedures and forgets to look at the obvious thing sitting in front of them. Lottoland.com is one of...
Investigations & Analysis
August 24, 2026
Has the GGL regulated itself into a legal trap?
There are regulatory defeats, and then there are decisions that make you wonder whether the regulator has spent years sawing through the branch it was sitting on. The two interim...
Investigations & Analysis
August 22, 2026
GGL Bet3000 Case Raises Questions Over Regulatory Enforcement Choices
The GGL did not uncover a criminal betting ring at Bet3000. It did not accuse IBA Entertainment Limited of money laundering, organised crime or secretly running an illegal sportsbook behind...
Investigations & Analysis
August 20, 2026
Betanna, Tipwin and the questions the GGL has avoided
There is a point where regulatory silence stops looking cautious and starts looking evasive. The Tipwin, Betanna and Betanna90 material has reached that point. We now have account-continuity tests, German-access...
Investigations & Analysis
August 18, 2026
Curaçao consultancy affair raises questions over €3.4m CGA contract
Mr Charles Cooper handed Random Consulting Limited an enormous gift when he claimed that the Malta-based consultancy was receiving 8.3 million Caribbean guilders, approximately €4 million, every year from the...
Investigations & Analysis
August 18, 2026
Lottoland and the limits of German gambling enforcement
Lottoland has become one of the most revealing tests of German gambling enforcement because the case has lasted long enough to remove most of the excuses. German authorities have known...
Investigations & Analysis
August 13, 2026
One regulator, two standards of proof?
Germany’s gambling regulator has spent the past few years telling the industry that reliability, transparency and strict compliance are non-negotiable. Licensed operators are expected to document ownership structures, technical systems,...
Investigations & Analysis
August 12, 2026
Lottoland Germany: What did the GGL know before Licensing?
There is something rather extraordinary about the position Lottoland occupies in Germany today. One Lottoland business is licensed, appears on the official German whitelist and can legally broker state lotteries....
Investigations & Analysis
August 11, 2026
Bet3000 and the GGL: How much Evidence was enough?
On 26 July 2024, shortly after midday, an email arrived at the Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder that would later become part of the proceedings surrounding Bet3000’s German licence. It had...
Market Analysis
August 10, 2026
Ukraine study finds 86% of online casino players prefer licensed sites
A new Ukrainian study of active online casino users indicates a strong preference for licensed gambling platforms, with 86% of respondents saying they choose operators that are authorised within the...
Market Analysis
July 31, 2026
BetFury reports strong H1 2026 growth with $140 million in player payouts
BetFury has published its performance report for the first half of 2026, highlighting continued business growth across its crypto casino and sportsbook platform. Covering the period from January through June,...
Legal Analysis
July 31, 2026
Germany regulates gambling while trading apps imitate it
Germany has spent years constructing one of Europe’s most restrictive systems for licensed online gambling. Deposits are monitored across providers, self-exclusion is centralised, virtual slots are slowed down and product...
Legal Analysis
July 29, 2026
NRW Online Casino Reform Changes Rules for Shared Live Studios
North Rhine-Westphalia has changed the architecture of its regulated online casino market. Licensed concessionaires may now use shared live-casino studios operated by specialist service providers, while the concessionaire formally retains...
Investigations
July 27, 2026
FIFA integrity monitoring questioned after Copenhagen Group findings
FIFA is facing renewed questions over its integrity monitoring following the conclusion of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after a difference emerged between the governing body's public assessment and findings...