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Germany’s central gambling self-exclusion system processed more than 5.2 billion checks in 2025, a reminder of how often licensed operators are required to verify whether a player is barred before letting them gamble.
The Regional Council of Darmstadt (Regierungspräsidium Darmstadt), which runs the OASIS register, published the 2025 update on February 12, 2026, and said it will keep tightening technical controls and procedures around the system.
What “five billion checks” actually means
Darmstadt describes a “query” as a single lookup by a licensed operator against OASIS to confirm a customer’s status. Under Germany’s current rules, operators must perform that check before a person can take part in gambling, whether the product is online or in a physical venue.
The council said the volume of queries shows the scale of OASIS as part of Germany’s compliance and player-protection setup.
The register now holds around 367,000 active bans
Darmstadt reported roughly 367,000 active exclusions in the nationwide register. The system pulls data from about 9,000 operators across around 41,000 gambling locations, covering casinos, arcades, betting shops, and permitted online platforms.
The authority also said it formally processed about 60,000 exclusion requests during 2025, while noting that the total number of submissions was higher because many applications arrived incomplete.
A digital shift helped drive more applications
Officials linked the renewed growth in requests and activity to a 2024 move to a fully digital, paperless process for both exclusion and reinstatement applications, coordinated with Germany’s federal regulator, the GGL.
Under the system, people who believe they have a gambling addiction can apply for self-exclusion themselves, and third parties or operators can also start exclusion proceedings in certain cases.
The next pressure point: the 2026 treaty review
Darmstadt is among the authorities expected to take part in the 2026 review of Germany’s interstate gambling rules, five years after the re-regulated market began on July 1, 2021. Industry debate has focused on how well the rules channel players toward legal products, and whether strict limits and onboarding steps make the legal market less attractive.
For now, Darmstadt’s message is clear: OASIS stays central, and the state intends to keep reinforcing it as a key tool for player protection and addiction prevention.
Source: SBC News
