A man who had made a payment of 3000 Euro in an online casino requested the money back through his bank a short while later. However, the credit institute did not accept this request. Thus, this case ended in court in Munich. However, the judge did not accept the customer ‘s request. The latter claimed the deposit money back through the bank. The customer must therefore bear the costs.
There seems to be an upward trend in the controversial taxation of virtual slot machines. The German Tax Authority has already made several hundred million Euro from online gambling. Quite soon the tax revenue could reach billions – can this still be fair for the individual player?
An unemployed Swiss woman failed to inform the relevant authorities about her extra income after winning 9,000 CHF in a casino. Since the woman receives social benefits from the government, she was obliged to register the win. A few weeks ago she had to appear in court to respond to this. But what penalty is she facing?
The Dutch Gambling Supervisory Authority cracks hard on a Maltese online casino. As it was announced a few days ago, a record fine amounting to 500,000 Euro was imposed on the online gambling provider N1 Interactive Ltd. But why must a gambling authority pay such a high fine?
As was announced recently, the Parliament in Latvia has decided on a complete gambling ban for maintenance debtors. The gambling firms should, in the future, be duty bound to assure that all gamblers with maintenance debts not be allowed to participate in any gambling activities nationwide.
The British supervisory authority of gambling UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is well known for severely punishing its licence holders for misconduct. Many German speaking online casinos have operated with this gambling licence in the past. The main aim of the authorities is to set secure standards both online and offline and to campaign for fair and responsible gambling.