Many people who lost money gambling with unlicensed online casinos are likely to be unable to recover their losses. Although numerous players have taken legal action in recent years to reclaim their money, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that contracts between players and illegal online gambling operators are not inherently invalid.
The ruling deals a significant blow to Dutch gamblers seeking to reclaim losses from unlicensed online casinos through the courts. Lawyer Benzi Loonstein said the issue could affect hundreds of thousands of players in the Netherlands and involve potentially hundreds of millions of euros in lost gambling funds.
