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Frankfurt Higher Regional Court upholds €118,000 sports betting refund claim

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Frankfurt’s Higher Regional Court upheld a player’s claim to recover around €118,000 in losses from Co-Gaming Ltd, ruling on 1 September 2026 that the online sports betting contracts were void because the company lacked a valid German licence. The court rejected the company’s appeal and found the claim was not time-barred, according to the reported judgment.

Operators face refund exposure when online sports betting contracts are void because the company lacked a valid German licence.

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Court of Appeal upholds concessionaire’s claim for AWP levy share

The Court of Appeal rejected a manager’s appeal against a concessionaire’s claim for a share of the levy introduced by Italy’s 2015 Stability Law. It upheld the calculation based on contractual remuneration and the number of machines, and found that the manager’s contract allowed recovery of the share attributed to the venue operator.

The Court of Appeal rejected a manager's appeal against a concessionaire's claim for payment of a share of the extraordinary levy introduced by Italy's 2015 Stability Law, upholding the first-instance decision in full. The court confirmed the concessionaire's right to obtain from the manager the portion of the levy attributable to the chain, setting out the calculation criteria and the role of the contractual agreements, according to the ruling as reported.

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