Gambling - Apply for permission as a betting organiser (totalisator)

• Racing or horse breeding club www.gesetze-im-internet.de/rennwlottgabest/__2.html Only racing or horse breeding clubs with and without legal capacity can obtain a permit. • Compliance with the objectives of the State Treaty on Gambling <https://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=Gl%C3%BCStVtr+BE+%C2%A7+1&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true> Organising or brokering a gambling game (horse betting) does not run counter to the defined objectives of the State Treaty on Gambling.

• Application • Submit the application in text form by post or electronically. • Certificate of good conduct for presentation to an authority service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120926/ In order to verify personal reliability, a certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority (also official certificate of good conduct) is required for all members of the association's board. The certificate must not be older than 3 months. When applying, please state "Totalisator permit according to § 1 RennwLottG" as the purpose of use. • Extract from the register of associations or proof of membership of a breeders' association www.handelsregister.de/rp_web/welcome.xhtml Extracts from the register of associations can be accessed on the internet via the common register portal of the federal states. The membership of the association in the breeders' association must be proven by confirmation of the breeders' association. • Annual Budget Estimate Cost calculation of the racing operation • Financial report of the previous year A detailed overview of income and expenditure in detail, including the use of the income for race prizes and other purposes directly serving national horse breeding. • Betting requirements General Terms and Conditions (AGB) of the racing club as operator of the totalisator • If applicable, purchase, rental or lease contract Evidence of actual control over suitable facilities as an off-track betting office • If applicable, change of use of building structures/building permit service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326710/ The betting office must be suitable for the use of the trade. For example, if you want to use a location approved by the building authority as a restaurant as a betting office, this change of use must be approved in advance by the building authority. A copy of the relevant building permit must be enclosed. • If applicable, a certificate of clearance from the town planning office service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/325835/ The town planning office certifies with a clearance certificate that from a town planning point of view there are no objections against a betting office of the race club at the address you intend to use.

• EUR 19,94 to EUR 163,10 Euro, depending on the administrative effort • EUR 25,56: Permission to establish a betting office outside the racetrack (per year, per betting office)

• Racing Betting and Lottery Act (Rennwett- und Lotteriegesetz or RennwLottG) § 1 - Totaliser permit www.gesetze-im-internet.de/rennwlottg_2021/__1.html • Implementing Ordinance to the Racing Betting and Lotteries Act (Durchführungsverordnung zum Rennwett- und Lotteriegesetz or RennwLottDV) § 2 - Prerequisite for the granting www.gesetze-im-internet.de/rennwlottgabest/__2.html • Implementing Ordinance to the Racing Betting and Lotteries Act (Durchführungsverordnung zum Rennwett- und Lotteriegesetz or RennwLottDV) § 4 - Special rules for racing clubs www.gesetze-im-internet.de/rennwlottgabest/__4.html • Schedule of Administrative Fees (Verwaltungsgebührenordnung (VGebO)) <https://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=VwGebO+BE&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true> • State Treaty on Gambling (Glücksspielstaatsvertrag or GlüStV) § 1 - Goals <https://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=Gl%C3%BCStVtr+BE+%C2%A7+1&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true> • State Treaty on Gambling (Glücksspielstaatsvertrag or GlüStV) § 2 - Field of application <https://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=Gl%C3%BCStVtr+BE+%C2%A7+2&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true> • State Treaty on Gambling (Glücksspielstaatsvertrag or GlüStV) § 3 - Definitions <https://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=Gl%C3%BCStVtr+BE+%C2%A7+3&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true> • State Treaty on Gambling (Glücksspielstaatsvertrag or GlüStV) § 5 - Advertising <https://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=Gl%C3%BCStVtr+BE+%C2%A7+5&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true> • State Treaty on Gambling (Glücksspielstaatsvertrag or GlüStV) § 6 - Social Concept <https://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=Gl%C3%BCStVtr+BE+%C2%A7+6&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true> • State Treaty on Gambling (Glücksspielstaatsvertrag or GlüStV) § 7 - Clarification <https://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=Gl%C3%BCStVtr+BE+%C2%A7+7&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true> • State Treaty on Gambling (Glücksspielstaatsvertrag or GlüStV) § 27 - Horse betting <https://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=Gl%C3%BCStVtr+BE+%C2%A7+27&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true>

• Information from the Senate Department for Economics - Trade Law www.berlin.de/sen/wirtschaft/wirtschaftsrecht/gewerberecht/ • Information from the Senate Department for Economics - Commercial gaming law www.berlin.de/sen/wirtschaft/wirtschaftsrecht/gewerberecht/s

The Totalisatorerlaubnis (totalizator/betting permit) must be applied for by racing and horse-breeding associations at the Senate Department responsible for economic affairs. The application is permitted only for Berlin racecourses or betting offices located in Berlin.