Danish court orders online player to forfeit winnings

[The Buzz]

Denmark's Supreme Court ruled a man who earned nearly $28,000 playing online poker in a single year violated laws against professional gambling.

The court said in a ruling on Wednesday that the man violated laws by using his winnings as his sole source of income.

From United Press International:

The Supreme Court said the online poker games are subject to Danish law, despite being hosted on servers outside of the country, because the computer used to play the games was located inside of Denmark.

Prosecutors maintained the ruling did not outlaw online poker, it simply applied gambling laws to games played via the Internet.

[Punters Choice]

If it SC's ruling, then there must have an awful lot of debates on the topics. I am not privy of Danish law so I am guessing that they would have provisions that would not allow income generated only from gamblling. Makes sense if you think of it that way.

[Anthony]

So if he lost $28k would the government give him a refund?