The refund era: How one ECJ ruling could pose a billion-euro risk
István Cocron, Partner at Kanzlei Cocron, Munich & Berlin, revisits a landmark ECJ ruling that potentially clears the path for mass refund claims. This would reshape an entire industry...
For years, online gambling operators serving German players without a domestic licence had wagered on a simple legal bet: that their EU licences – most commonly issued in Malta – would shield them from civil liability under German law. Recently, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) called their bluff.
There had already been legal movement in this direction, with another Global Gaming Insider contributor, Dr Joerg Hofmann, advising that the industry should not yet consider this an emergency alarm. Developments since, however, have moved matters forward somewhat.
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