45The Court has, moreover, repeatedly held that moral, religious or cultural factors, as well as the morally and financially harmful consequences for the individual and for society associated with betting and gaming, may be capable of justifying a sufficient margin of discretion for the national authorities for them to determine, in accordance with their own scale of values, what is required in order to ensure consumer protection and the protection of society (Stoß and Others, paragraph 76 and the case-law cited).
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