Gambling - Apply for a permission for bookmaker location (betting office)

As a matter of principle, you may only practise the bookmaking trade terrestrially on site, • either directly on the facilities at horse racecourses or • away from racecourses within specially permitted locations (betting offices). Organising and brokering horse bets on the internet is generally prohibited. Exemptions from the ban on horse betting on the internet can be applied for until 30.06.2021 in a nationwide procedure at the Darmstadt Regional Council (see "Further information"). Procedure: • You apply for a permission for a terrestrial bookmaker location at the Senate Department responsible for economics. • Your application will be examined by the competent authority. • If there are no grounds for denial, you will receive a permit after the procedure has been completed. The permission can be granted with a time limit or a reservation of revocation or can be linked to a condition or a reservation of subsequent inclusion, modification or amendment of a condition. Notes: • The commercial brokering of bets or the placing of bets on horses without permission is illegal gambling. This can be punished by imprisonment for up to two years or a monetary penalty. • Please note that you are only allowed to offer cash games or sports betting in bookmaker locations with a separate licence (see "Further information"). A triple offer of horse betting, gambling machines with the possibility of winning and sports betting in one location is not allowed.