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 not final, but the pattern is becoming difficult for Germany’s regulator to dismiss....
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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 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...


















