Gambling with winning opportunities - issue of a clearance certificate

• Game of skill, not a game of chance A game of skill is considered to be played if the participant can determine the outcome of the game with a high degree of probability through skill according to the gambling equipment and the rules of the game. • If the gambling equipment is to be mass-produced, it must be ensured that the replicas correspond to the sample tested by the competent body.

• Game description • Rules of the game • If required by the type of gambling: calculation of the payout and hit expectation • Further evidence if necessary Additional documents may have to be submitted upon request. If the equipment is a gambling equipment, the competent authority may require that a ready-to-use equipmentis also submitted or that a sample of the gambling equipment or individual parts thereof is provided to the competent body.

• EUR 47.00 to EUR 2,500.00 administration fee per effort • EUR 25.00 per copy, maximum EUR 250.00 fee for the granting

• § 33e Trade Regulation (Gewerbeordnung or GewO) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__33e.html • § 33d Trade Regulation (Gewerbeordnung or GewO) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__33d.html • § 60a Trade Regulation (Gewerbeordnung or GewO) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__60a.html • Ordinance on the Procedure for Issuing Clearance Certificates for Other Gambling within the Meaning of Section 33d Sec. 1 of the Trade Regulation (UnbBeschErtV) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/spielubeschv/index.html#BJNR00152 • Federal Fees and Expenses Act (Gesetz über Gebühren und Auslagen des Bundes or BGebG) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgebg/

• Information from the Federal Criminal Police Office www.bka.de/DE/UnsereAufgaben/Aufgabenbereiche/Verwaltungsfun • Gambling equipment with winning opportunities - permit service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327493/en/ • Unauthorised organisation of a game of chance - § 284 Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch or StGB) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__284.html

The application must be submitted to the responsible authority - the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA, Federal Criminal Police Office). • Bundeskriminalamt www.bka.de/DE/UnsereAufgaben/Aufgabenbereiche/aufgabenbereic