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  • Unlicenced gambling firms ordered to pay players back

    Judges in Almelo have ordered two online gambling companies to reimburse two punters for their losses, because they don’t have a licence to operate in the Netherlands. It is the first time a Dutch court has ordered an unlicenced company to hand money back to players. In each case the player had lost around €200,000 and the ruling, lawyer Benzi Loonstein told reporters, is “ground-breaking”. Bwin and PokerStars admit they did not have a licence to offer online gambling in

  • Major review urges mandatory food code and penalties

    Supermarkets could face massive fines of up to $10 million for misbehaving under new recommendations made in a review of the Food and Grocery Code. The Albanese government will on Monday release the interim report of Craig Emerson’s examination of the code, which is a voluntary scheme and governs how supermarkets interact with suppliers. But […]