An Austrian court has ordered a slots company to pay $2.87 million to a gambler the court found was under the influence of addiction, in a judgment made public on Monday.
The complainant said that over a period of 10 years starting in 2002 he spent around US$2.3 million in slot machines run by the Novomatic company in the capital Vienna.
According to an expert opinion heard by the court in the town of Wiener Neustadt, the man was “partially incapacitated” through his addiction, which rendered his bets invalid.
More at South China Morning News
