German gambling self-exclusion figures on the rise
OASIS registrations approach 350,000 as the system completes its fourth year.
Germany.- The state of Hesse has reported an update on the German gambling self-exclusion system OASIS. Four years on from its launch, the number of people registered is approaching 350,000.
OASIS was launched in 2021 shortly after the regulation of online gambling in Germany. It allows players across Germany to block themselves from all online and land-based gambling. All licensed operators must connect to the system and provide a button on their websites to allow players to instantly exclude themselves from gambling for 24 hours.
The latest figures show 336,980 registrations as of the end of July. For past year, an average of around 44,000 have registered each month, with a seasonal peak of 56,844 seen in December, 2024.
The largest number of people excluded themselves for a full year, followed by bans of between one and two years, while bans of between five to ten years were chosen by just 7,459 people and a ban of over 10 years by 22,381 people.
Rise in stakes in German gambling
This month, the gambling regulator Gemeinsamen Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL) began publishing quarterly stats on Germany’s gambling market for the first time. The report covers the stakes from both state-controlled and charity lotteries and what the GGL calls “transnational high-risk games of chance”, which include licensed online gambling on slots and sports betting.
Lottery stakes totalled €377m in Q1 and €371m in Q2. State-controlled class lotteries generated stakes totalling €61m in Q1 and €58m in Q2. Charity or social lotteries generated €315m in Q1 and €313m in Q2.
As for higher risk games, online slots generated €1bn in wagers in Q1 and €1.1bn in Q2. Online poker stakes totalled €204m and €184m respectively and online horseracing betting €25m and €32m.
Online sports betting was the biggest vertical overall for stakes, with totals of €1.6bn in Q1 and €1.4bn in Q2. The figures for retail sports betting were €585m in Q1 and €494m in Q2. Total sports betting stakes came in at €2.1bn in Q1 and €1.9bn in Q2.
