Opportunities via Practical Regulation? Media Providers in a Liberalized Sports Betting Market

Sports betting is a billion dollar industry – but is it a utopia in Germany? Various media would be able to generate additional revenue from the broadcast of sporting events and the selling of ad space to providers of sports betting services. However, this would require an opening of the sports betting market. But current discussions at the state level in Germany regarding a possible modernization of the Gambling Treaty do not go as far as providers would like. Their main criticism is that the planned conditions are simply not marketable. Even the European Commission has registered second thoughts about the new draft proposal. For media companies and providers of sports betting services, it is unclear how, when and whether or not they will be able to operate on markets at all.

In Cooperation mit digibet.

Introduction
Prof. Dr. Klaus Goldhammer, Managing Director, Goldmedia GmbH, Berlin

Podium

Hans-Jörn Arp, Deputy Chairman, CDU Parliamentary Group, Schleswig-Holstein State Parliament/Representative for Small and Medium-Size Companies, Schleswig-Holstein State Government, Kiel
Frank Bohmann, Managing Director,  Toyota Handball-Bundesliga, Dortmund
Thomas Deissenberger, Chairman of the Management Board  and CEO, Constantin Sport Marketing, Ismaning
Dr. Peter Haas, Attorney, Tax Law Specialist, Spokesperson, digibet Group, Bochum
Markus Maul, Attorney / president Verband Europäischer Wettunternehmer (VEWU); Dannenberg
Bernd Schiphorst, Chairman of the supervisary board Hertha BSC / Senior Adviser WMP EuroComAG, Berlin
Dr. Dietrich von Klaeden, Head of Governmental Relations, Axel Springer AG, Berlin

Moderation: Ulli Potofski, Journalist, Sports Moderator, Managing Director napasai media

Prof. Dr. Klaus Goldhammer

Hans Jörn Arp

Frank Bohmann

Thomas Deissenberger

Peter Haas

Markus Maul

Bernd Schiphorst

Dr. Dietrich von Klaeden

Ulli Potofski