67The Court has nevertheless held that a policy of controlled expansion of gambling activities may be consistent with the objective of channelling them into controlled circuits by drawing bettors away from clandestine, prohibited betting and gaming to activities which are authorised and regulated. Such a policy may indeed be consistent both with the objective of preventing the use of gambling activities for criminal or fraudulent purposes and that of preventing incitement to squander money on gambling and of combating addiction to the latter, by directing consumers towards the offer emanating from the holder of the public monopoly, that offer being deemed to be protected from criminal elements and also designed to safeguard consumers more effectively against squandering of money and addiction to gambling (Stoß and Others, paragraphs 101 and 102).
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