GGL Says LUGAS Will Use Safe Server Data More Extensively From 2027 After Processing Data on More Than 60 Providers and 5 Million Players in 2025

Germany’s gambling authority has spent years collecting regulated online gambling data through LUGAS, Safe Servers and central databases. The odd part is the timing: the GGL now says the more extensive analytical use of Safe Server data starts in 2027, even though the system has been in place since 1 January 2023.

1. In a 21 July announcement on the further development of LUGAS, the GGL said evaluations will be based more extensively on Safe Server data from 2027. The same announcement says LUGAS processed data connected to more than 60 permitted gambling providers and approximately five million registered players during 2025.
2. The authority has administered the Safe Server evaluation systems and central databases since 1 January 2023, while Dataport has operated them. That means Germany has already had the infrastructure in place to collect, transmit and inspect regulated online gambling data for several years.
3. The Safe Server was built for more than storage. Germany’s official explanation of the Glücksspielstaatsvertrag 2021 says operators of sports betting, online casino games, online poker and virtual slot games must operate a technical system that records all data required for gambling supervision, with the stated purpose of enabling electronic control by the responsible authority at any time.
4. LUGAS combines two different functions. Its central limit and activity files enforce cross-provider deposit limits and prevent parallel play across participating platforms, while the Safe Servers sit on the operators’ side and are intended to preserve the detailed information needed for regulatory inspection and analysis. In practice, that means Germany can block activity in real time without necessarily showing that it is using the broader data set to compare operators or test whether player-protection duties are working.
5. The GGL’s wording matters. The announcement does not say Safe Server data has never been used; it says its use for evaluations will increase. Still, that leaves a long gap between the promise of “electronic control at any time” and a 2027 date for more extensive analytical use of the very data the system was designed to collect.

For licensed operators and PSPs watching Germany, the headline issue is not just data collection. It is whether a supervisor with access to millions of player records and operator feeds is actually using them as an active enforcement tool, or mainly as a compliance archive with a delayed analytical payoff.