EU law does not preclude a Member State from prohibiting certain online services authorised in other Member States and from drawing civil law consequences from that prohibition, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Thursday 16 April in Case C-440/23 concerning European Lotto and Betting Ltd and Deutsche Lotto-und Sportwetten Ltd.
The Court went on to say that “a consumer may claim the return of stakes lost from operators established in another Member State, where the games...