Source: National Gambling Board (SA)
South Africa’s High Court declared the conduct of Lotto Star (Pty) Ltd unlawful, according to the court notice. The notice provides no further details about the ruling.
The ruling concerns a lottery company, but the available notice does not specify its operational or regulatory consequences.
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The High Court of England and Wales has barred Aviator LLC and Aviator Studio from launching their Aviator crash game on new platforms in Colombia, Romania and Serbia until further order. The interim injunction, issued on 6 November, allows existing platforms to continue and leaves the defendants’ illegality defence open; the main trial is scheduled for October 2027.
Taiwan’s High Court upheld Melco Resorts & Entertainment’s claim that a Taiwanese customer must repay about HKD320.47 million, plus default interest. The court rejected the customer’s challenges to the debt and evidence; the decision remains open to appeal.
Taiwan's High Court has upheld a claim by Melco Resorts & Entertainment that a Taiwanese customer must repay about HKD320.47m ($40.7m), plus default interest, according to court judgments reported by the Taiwanese media. The court rejected the customer's challenges to the debt and to the evidence and sustained the lower courts' decision. The ruling remains open to appeal.
The Bombay High Court at Goa has ordered a no-parking zone from the petrol pump near Panaji Residency to Panaji Church to ease congestion linked to casino traffic on Dayanand Bandodkar Marg. Vehicles serving offshore casinos must drop passengers near the Old Secretariat, with barricades and upgraded CCTV also ordered.
Judges in Goa have directed that a section of Dayanand Bandodkar Marg be closed to parked vehicles. The area covered runs between the petrol pump close to Panaji Residency and Panaji Church. Under the arrangement described in local reporting cited by that account, cars and other vehicles carrying offshore casino patrons are to set down their passengers at a fixed spot close to the Old Secretariat.
The Regional Administrative Court of Lazio rejected a Lombardy Lotto outlet holder’s appeal and upheld the revocation of her concession, according to the court ruling. The dispute concerned repeated late transfers of game proceeds to the Treasury, which the holder later settled along with the related penalties. The court also ordered her to pay €1,500 in legal costs to the administration.
Panama’s Lotería Nacional de Beneficencia (LNB) stopped selling its electronic and instant lottery products, including Lotto and Pega 3, on the night of 21 April. The LNB said the move complied with a Supreme Court ruling that annulled an extension of the lottery contract; it will pay valid prizes that remain unclaimed under existing procedures.