Spielhallen - Erlaubnis nach Spielhallengesetz Berlin beantragen

• Personal reliability Reliability is verified based on various documents. The applicant must submit an excerpt from the Federal Central Criminal Register (certificate of good conduct) and an excerpt from the Commercial Central Register. • Expert knowledge Evidence from the operator that they have successfully acquired knowledge of the legal bases for the intended operation, and for preventing compulsive gambling, and regarding interaction with affected individuals. • Social concept Concept that provides for measures to prevent socially damaging effects of gambling. • Location requirements The minimum distance (500 metres) to other gambling halls or similar establishments must be observed, and the business must also not be operated in the vicinity of any facilities that are by nature or as a matter of fact frequented primarily by children or adolescents. The conditions and the location must furthermore meet police and structural requirements, and fundamental youth protection principles must be observed. A gambling hall must not be established in a building or a building complex in which sports betting is arranged for.

• Application for permission • for an gambling hall • for a similar business • Identity document Identity card or other official identification document containing a photograph. Residence permit, if the applicant is not an EU national. • Certificate of good conduct for presentation to an authority service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120926/ To verify personal reliability, information from the Federal Central Register (certificate of good conduct) is required for submission to an authority (document type O). The information must not be older than three months. • Excerpt from the central business register for presentation to an authority service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327835/ To verify personal reliability, information from the central business register is required for submission to an authority (document type 9). The information must not be older than three months. • Up-to-date excerpt from the Trade Register www.handelsregister.de/rp_web/welcome.xhtml Registered companies are required to submit an up to date excerpt from the Trade Register when applying. Legal entities that are in the process of being established (GmbH, AG) are required to submit their partnership agreement or statutes. • Ground plan Floor plan / other construction drawing of the business areas and ancillary rooms (ideally on a 1:100 scale). • Social concept www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/ordnungsamt/ste The applicant must prove that he/she has a social concept in which measures are outlined to prevent the socially harmful effects of gambling. Further information can be found in the information letter available here. • Proof of expertise www.berlin.de/sen/wirtschaft/wirtschaftsrecht/gewerberecht/s Each operator must provide evidence in the form of certification from a body authorised to implement the Gambling Hall Act Berlin, stating that they have successfully acquired knowledge of the legal bases for the intended operation and for preventing compulsive gambling, and regarding interaction with affected individuals. The operator must only employ individuals to work as supervisors at the gambling hall, who have a certificate of competence acquired in a training course about addiction prevention by a provider listed by the Senate Department for Economy.

• Application for permission www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/ordnungsamt/ste

EUR 1,000 to EUR 3,000

• Spielhallengesetz Berlin (SpielhG Bln) § 2 - Erlaubnis <https://gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/?docId=jlr-SpielhGBEV4P2&query=JURISLINK%3A%22SpielhG+BE+%C2%A7+2%22> • Regulation for the implementation of the Berlin Gambling Hall Act (SpielhGV Bln) <https://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=SpielhGAV+BE&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true&aiz=true>

approx. 1 month, provided that all documents are available in their entirety

• Information on commercial gaming law (Gewerbliches Spielrecht) (Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Energie und Betriebe [Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises]) www.berlin.de/sen/wirtschaft/wirtschaftsrecht/gewerberecht/ • Information on data protection (Ordnungsämter of the State of Berlin) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/gewe • Gaming machines with the possibility of winnings - have the suitability of the installation location confirmed (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327495/ • Amusement arcades (Spielhallen) - apply for a permit under the Glücksspielstaatsvertrag (State Treaty on Gambling) (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/330334/

The permit must be applied for at the Ordnungsamt (public order office) responsible for the business location.