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A lawsuit initiated by a German player against Malta-based Lottoland <\/strong>has reached the halls of the European Court of Justice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The details around Case C-440<\/strong> were laid out in front of the jurors in Luxembourg<\/strong>, who had to go all the way back to 2021 in order to get the full picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time, a German player sued Lottoland<\/strong> because he allegedly was able to use the operator’s services while in his home country of Germany – services that were not licensed by the German gambling regulator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawyer Volker Ramge <\/strong>then got in touch with the player and purchased the claim, only for it to resurface again later on Maltese territory \u2013 this time bigger in scope, representing more German customers against an even wider set of Malta-headquartered operators which have also supposedly tackled the German market without being licensed there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the wake of the lawsuit\u2019s filing, the defendants then brought the case to the European Court of Justice<\/strong>, as German lawyer Istv\u00e1n Cocron<\/strong> writes: \u201cSubsequently, the parties there unanimously sought an ECJ submission so that the ECJ would have to comment on the conformity of the German Interstate Treaty on Gambling 2012 with European law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest challenge for jurors now that they\u2019ve withdrawn after the hearing will be to assess European legislation against Germany\u2019s gambling law prior to its fourth iteration (Gl\u00fcStV 2021<\/strong>), as pointed out by Cocron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official opinion of the Advocate General is expected to be publicly announced on 10 July. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much of the international and legal scrutiny of Maltese gambling regulation revolves around Bill 55<\/strong> \u2013 a law introduced in 2023 which allowed Malta\u2019s judiciary to \u201crefuse the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgements related to the online gambling sector\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first hours of its enforcement, the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) <\/strong>took a firm stance in favour of the new law, welcoming it as a necessary step towards protecting MGA-licensed businesses from disputes that are \u2018not in line with Europe\u2019s free market values\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, after officially becoming part of Malta\u2019s gambling framework, the legislature naturally gained notoriety among fellow EU countries, including Germany and its state regulator, the GGL, which has described it as \u201cincompatible with EU laws\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A lawsuit initiated by a German player against Malta-based Lottoland has reached the halls of the European Court of Justice. The details around Case C-440 were laid out in front of the jurors in Luxembourg, who had to go all the way back to 2021 in order to get the full picture. 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