The Head of Department for the Ministry of the Interior, Digitisation and Local Government of Baden-Württemberg, Reiner Moser, is set to become the new Chairman of the Joint Gambling Authority of the German States (GGL). 

Current Chairman Udo Götze, who is State Secretary in the Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Local Government, is set to hand over the role of Chairman to Moser on 1 July 2024. 

Götze has served as Chairman for the past year, with the GGL being established in July 2021. The authority, for the past 18 months, has been fully responsible for regulating the cross-border gambling market in Germany. 

Götze said: “Together with the states, the GGL has created a very good basis for the successful regulation of this rapidly developing digital market. Everyone involved can be proud of that.” 

Moser himself added: “The regulation of online gambling is a demanding task, which focuses on the prevention of gambling addiction and the protection of players and young people.  

“There have been and will continue to be immense challenges to overcome. These include the implementation of court decisions on the use of the enforcement instrument IP blocking, but also developments in the area of supervision of legal providers.  

“I am confident that the GGL will tackle these challenges successfully. It can continue to be assured of the support of the states and the Board of Directors.” 

In other news from the regulator, in the lead-up to Euro 2024, it collaborated with Federal Drug Commissioner Burkhard Blienert to issue a warning about the risks of participating in illegal online sports betting during the summer tournament.