Interesting, you CAN be taken to court in Malta for non payment of gambling winnings. realplayer could be very interested in how this one works out.

The defence that "players didn't provide proper ID" could easily be "players broke the rules". It will be interesting to see whether the court will look at whether it was correct to claim that players failed to provide proper ID, or whether the operator was simply looking for excuses not to pay because they were in trouble.