If you wish to operate an amusement arcade commercially, you require a permit.
A permit is also required if you want to operate a business and set up gaming machines with the possibility of winning.
A permit is also required if your business is used to organize other games.
Please ensure that you apply for the permit in good time, as the permit must be available at the start of operations.
More Information
Publisher
Thuringia
Contact
The government service telephone number 115 – your point of contact for questions related to the federal, state and local.
Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 18:00 (and beyond these times in some regions).
Call 115 nowGovernment service telephone number calls are charged at local rates.
Preconditions
- You must have the necessary reliability to operate a gaming arcade. As a rule, you do not have this if you have been convicted of a crime, theft, embezzlement, extortion, receiving stolen goods, money laundering, concealment of unlawfully obtained assets, fraud, breach of trust, illegal organization of a game of chance, participation in illegal gambling or an offence under Section 27 of the German Youth Protection Act within the last three years prior to submitting the application.
- You must be living in orderly financial circumstances: no insolvency proceedings have been opened against your assets or rejected for lack of assets.
- The premises intended for the operation of the business must meet the requirements of the police in terms of their condition and location and must be suitable for the operation of an arcade.
- There is no danger to young people or excessive exploitation of the gambling instinct through the operation of your business. Harmful environmental effects within the meaning of the Federal Immission Control Act or a nuisance to the general public, neighbors or an existing facility in the public interest are also not to be expected.
Hints
None
Basis for legal action
§ Section 33c of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__33c.html
Procedure
- Submit your informal application with all the necessary documents.
- The competent authority will check whether you meet all the requirements.
- If you meet all the requirements, you will receive the permit.
- You may only start working once you have received the permit.
