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Originally Posted by Bobo Fett
Isn't this a great way to freeroll the sites? Register fake account. If you lose, tell them you want the money back because they allowed you to circumvent self-exclusion; if you win, cash out!
I have not said, and do not believe, that the operator should (generally) refund any losses to the self-excluded gambler.
If the operator has made a
good faith and reasonable effort to honour the self-exclusion, then I do not think the operator has a moral liability. However, if their system failed because of a lack of good faith, or a lack of reasonableness (eg, someone used the same device as the previously-excluded customer, and merely put in an obviously made up name, with no more checks performed by the operator) then there's a greater case to be made for some sort of compensation.
In addition to all of the above, I would be entirely on board with operators giving
at least 100% of revenue from addicted gamblers to a third-party (either fined as punishment by a regulatory agency, or donated to an anti-gambling company, or so on).