Seven more Schleswig-Holstein licences issued ahead of crunch votes
Victor Chandler International, Greentube and Interwetten are among the latest to be approved by the German state bringing the total number of casino licensees to 20.
A further seven operators have been awarded online casino licences in Schleswig-Holstein just 24 hours before two crucial votes could decide the sector’s fate in a market valued at 1bn.
Six of the seven licences are for casino and poker, with Victor Chandler International and Interwetten adding to the sports betting licences they received last year.
The other poker and casino licences have been awarded to Greentube Malta, World of Sportsbetting, PlayCherry, MegaPixel Entertainment and OnGoing Media. Of these five, World of Sportsbetting and JAXX brand OnGoing Media already hold sports betting licences. Meanwhile, the one sports betting licence to be awarded has gone the way of Wettenleip GmbH, the second member of the Betbull Group to receive a Schleswig-Holstein licence after Primebet International.
Betbull managing director Alexander Leip said of Primebet securing a licence: “The application in Schleswig-ÂHolstein has been a perfect test run for the upcoming application for one of the 20 sports-Âbetting licenses to be granted under the State treaty on Gambling of the German Länder.
The latest licensees bring the total up to 43, with 23 sports betting licences awarded and 20 for casino and poker.
The first of tomorrow’s votes will take place in the state’s Parliament to decide whether or not the breakaway state should stay on course to join the country’s remaining 15 Länder in adopting Germany’s controversial Interstate Gaming Treaty. Since winning last year’s local elections Schleswig-Holstein’s newly formed SPD, Green Party and Danish speaking majority SSW Party coalition has pushed for a return to an Interstate solution despite opposition from conservative rivals the CDU as well as possible infringement proceedings by the European Commission.
The country’s Constitutional Court will also decide tomorrow whether the two SH and federal licensing solutions breach European law.