On Thursday 15 January, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that in online gambling, a player may, as a general rule, rely on the law of his or her country of residence when bringing an action to establish liability in tort or delict on the part of the directors of a foreign provider that does not hold the required licence (Case C-77/24).
Any damage sustained by the player is then “deemed to have occurred in the country in which that player resides”, according to a press...