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Sports betting operator Betano is going to have to give a German bettor his money back. The German District Court of Ludwigslust ordered the operator to refund him €4,380 (US$4,608) in player losses.
The bettor lost €5,380 (US$5,638) at the Kaizen Gaming-owned sportsbook between February 20 and March 4 of last year. However, when Germany updated its betting laws, it implemented a €1,000 (US$1,047) loss limit. Therefore, the Betano user lost more than the limit allows.
Additionally, Istvan Cocron, the player’s lawyer, stated that the player was also registered under the OASIS self-exclusion system. As a result, the court in Ludwigslust, located just outside of Hamburg in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, returned everything above the loss limit to him.
Lax Loss Limit Protocols
The loss limit was initially applied at the operator level. However, Germany’s Fourth Interstate Treaty on Gambling later extended it. When the states signed the treaty last year, it included players’ spending across all operators in the regulated market.
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