Toto-Lotto Niedersachsen to chair Deutscher Lotto und Totoblock
The German state lottery Toto-Lotto Niedersachsen will chair the industry association from January 2022.
Germany.- Lower Saxony’s state lottery Toto-Lotto Niedersachsen has been unanimously elected to take over the chairmanship of the industry association Deutscher Lotto und Totoblock (DLTB) from January.
The lottery operator and its managing directors Axel Holthaus and Sven Osthoff will take over at the influential body on January 1, 2022.
They succeed Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz and its managing director Jürgen Häfner, who has chaired the association for three years.
The future chairmen said one of the main tasks during their mandate will be to strengthen Germany’s state-run lotteries’ collaboration in the face of the launch of regulated igaming in the country. Germany’s new legislation to regulate online gaming is due to be implemented on July 1.
Holthaus said: “We are very happy about the trust that all block partners have placed in us in Toto-Lotto Niedersachsen GmbH and its workforce. We will perform our tasks in the DLTB with commitment and responsibility and continue the successful term of office of Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz.
“Against the background of the New State Treaty on the Regulation of Gaming in Germany 2021 (GlüStV 2021), which will come into force on July 1, 2021, an essential task will be to strengthen the DLTB’s pooled lotteries in an increasingly digital environment.”
Osthoff added: “We are looking forward to being able to bring our digital expertise to the DLTB even more in the future. It is important to keep the common good-oriented lottery principle sustainable through digital transformation.”
The German legislature, the Bundestag, has voted to approve the gaming tax bill that accompanies the country’s new gambling legislation.
The bill imposes a 5.3% tax on online slots and poker turnover under the new licensed regime.
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) and the German trade association DSVW have filed illegal state aid complaints with the European Commission, arguing that the tax regime would create an unfair advantage for the land-based gaming sector in Germany.
