Austrian gambler who was `incapacitated´ by slot machine addiction wins US$2.9 million in compensation
(WorldNews France)

An Austrian court has ordered a gambling company to pay 2.5 million euros (US$2.87million) 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 2 million euros 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......