Robert Voglhuber has lost everything. His years of gambling addiction have driven the Mostviertel native to personal ruin. “It got out of control. I was blinded,” the retired AHS professor told the “Krone” newspaper.

Within a short space of time, he had lost huge sums of money in casinos in Lower and Upper Austria. As a result, he had himself banned and got an adult representative to help him. Nevertheless, the 63-year-old managed to gamble away around 81,500 euros in Amatic Entertainment’s “My Sino” casinos in Lower Austria between November 2019 and October 2022. Even though his addiction was known.

A clear violation of the Player Protection Act, as lawyer Julia Eckhart emphasizes. “Amatic should have banned him,” she says, identifying a clear breach of the duty of care. Because for the operator, only the time a guest is on site counts. In the case of Robert Voglhuber, the frequency of play was known, but was not conspicuous. The amount of money lost is not a significant factor in the player protection concept, as Amatic’s player protection officer stated in court.

Further lawsuits in prospect
Eckhart therefore filed a lawsuit against the company based in Upper Austria. A decision on a license will be made here today in the second instance. Voglhuber has now been certified by an expert as having a gambling addiction and legal incapacity. Good cards for the next day of the trial. “I hope to get everything back,” says the 63-year-old.