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Carmen’s €35,000 ONCE prize remains unpaid amid disputed RGIAJ entry

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A 79-year-old woman in Spain has not received a €35,000 ONCE coupon prize more than 13 months after it won, according to the report. ONCE said it must withhold payment while she remains listed in the RGIAJ and would pay if the entry is annulled; her lawyer has challenged the 2012 registration before the DGOJ, and a court decision is pending.

The pending challenge to the RGIAJ entry leaves the prize unpaid until the entry is annulled, according to ONCE.

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Lawyer says Supreme Court doctrine shields ONCE terminals from regional oversight

Gambling lawyer Jesús Serrano Escudero told the XIX Congreso de Juego de Castilla y León that Supreme Court rulings on ONCE gaming terminals endorse discretion and privilege for state operators. He said the court held that autonomous communities cannot authorise, inspect or intervene in state-reserved games.

Gambling lawyer Jesús Serrano Escudero told the XIX Congreso de Juego de Castilla y León in Soria that Supreme Court doctrine on ONCE gaming terminals endorses what he described as total discretion and privilege for state operators. He said the rulings mean autonomous communities cannot authorise, inspect or intervene in state-reserved games.

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