100 Germany Sports Betting Statistics for 2026

What do Germany's regulated betting returns measure?

The GGL market monitor reports quarterly stakes from organisers and intermediaries within its jurisdiction. Its sports-betting table separates online activity, retail activity and a source-reported total. Internet horse betting occupies a separate product row. These are wagering amounts, so they should not be described as gross gambling revenue, operator profit or household expenditure. The table's rounding note also counts: adding displayed components can differ from the published total. We therefore reproduce the total as reported instead of replacing it with our own calculation. The selected quarters provide consecutive observations across the displayed reporting window. They do not establish the size of unlicensed activity or identify unique people. The original excerpt retains surrounding product rows to make the table structure visible; those neighbouring products do not contribute observations to this section.

Who reports fixed-odds and live sports betting?

The Glücksspiel-Survey measures reported participation during the preceding year. Its eligible population comprises German-speaking residents in private households within the source's stated age range. Overall estimates and estimates for men and women retain that full population definition; age-specific observations use the particular age band shown. The percentages are weighted, whereas the sample counts printed beneath the original table are unweighted. Fixed-odds and live betting are separate questionnaire categories, and respondents may report both. Adding those percentages would therefore not produce a valid estimate of unique sports bettors. The selected age rows describe adults, while the overall survey base also includes younger respondents. Participation estimates are not statements about legal eligibility, spending intensity or account ownership. The original table provides the product labels and denominators needed to interpret each cell.

How do participation channels and survey waves differ?

The survey also groups sports-betting participation by access channel. This table excludes TOTO from its sports-betting group and distinguishes retail access, online access and participation across channels. The across-channel estimate is the producer's combined measure; it should not be replaced by the sum of the channel percentages. Respondents can use both channels during the reference period. The historical tables in the same report reproduce earlier survey-wave estimates alongside the current wave. Here those earlier values are retained once, while current values already used elsewhere are not counted again. A change between waves is a descriptive comparison of survey estimates, not proof that particular individuals changed their behaviour. The original channel table is reproduced with its surrounding labels so that sports betting remains distinct from the other gambling groups displayed on the page.

What does the separate sports-betting tax series show?

Destatis publishes cash tax receipts in its tax-revenue statistics. The selected row is Sportwettsteuer, not the broader racing-and-lottery tax aggregate found in some fiscal summaries. Its footnote limits the series to amounts separately reported by the Länder tax administrations. The original table uses thousands of euros; German full stops in the screenshot are thousands separators. The text uses English comma separators while retaining the same unit and values. The selected monthly window is consecutive and ends with the opening quarter after the last complete calendar year shown here. Tax receipts are kept separate from GGL stakes and survey participation. No implied betting turnover or gross gambling revenue is derived from a tax rate. The downloaded original export and its quality flags are retained for checking the underlying cells and publication snapshot.

Methodology and sources

Every figure on this page comes from the organisation that produced it: regulators, statistics offices, public bodies, research institutes, and companies reporting their own data or surveys. Each one links to the original report or dataset and carries its release date. Survey results keep their population and fieldwork period, and financial figures keep the measure the producer used. Figures from different producers are not added together or ranked against each other. The page is reviewed monthly and updated when a producer releases newer data.

• Destatis · Oct 2026
• GGL · Aug 2026
• ISD/Bremen · Mar 2026