Also, how come the casino did not obey the ruling of the court?
Wasn't this the case where they just moved to a different country?
If a casino is established in the UK (for example) and the UK government ruled against them, then they would not have any option but to comply with the ruling.
There's a reason most casinos (and exchanges for that matter) are registered in countries known as tax havens.
I thought casinos and exchanges preferred to be registered in countries which offered lax regulation on their economical activities and little oversight on their activities. In the end, it does not matter what the business is, business people will always try to register in jurisdictions which are the friendliest to them.
The ideal case scenario would be to have casinos and exchanges to have headquarters in our respective countries, so our local law agencies and governments could serve as third parties to solve issues between the casino and gamblers, in both ways.
But that is pretty much impossible with all the phenomenon of globalization and how some issuers of licenses allow their licensed companies to operate all around the world from their jurisdiction, that is the case of Curaçao, at least.
Also, it would be pretty wild if a casino actually had to flee a country in order not to pay a lucky winner. Very wild.