The way gambling operators treat the risk of their services being used for money laundering will come into sharper focus during 2016. Reforms to anti-money laundering (AML) rules have already been finalised at EU level and gambling operators operating in the British market should be preparing themselves for the...

In August 2015, a three-judge appellate court panel ruled against the state of New Jersey in the state’s ongoing push to legalize sports betting. It was nothing new for the Garden State, which has been trying to join an exclusive club of states where sports gambling is actually allowed...

The company that owns Sydney’s Star casino does not think it would make sense to extend the city’s controversial lockout laws to the venue, given its standing as a major tourist attraction. “I think that would make no sense at all,” Star Entertainment Group’s chief executive, Matt Bekier, said...

SUMÁRIO Regras de Exploração de Apostas Hípicas Mútuas Online TEXTO O Regime Jurídico dos Jogos e Apostas online (RJO), aprovado pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 66/2015, de 29 de abril, determina, no n.º 3 do seu artigo 5.º , que as regras de execução dos jogos e apostas online são fixadas...

SUMÁRIO Regras de Exploração de Apostas Hípicas à Cota Online TEXTO O Regime Jurídico dos Jogos e Apostas online (RJO), aprovado pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 66/2015, de 29 de abril, determina, no n.º 2 do seu artigo 5.º, que as regras de execução dos jogos e apostas online são fixadas...

Reports emanating from PokerNews have suggested that shared online poker liquidity between .eu countries could be back on French cards in April after the French gaming regulator Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL) reported that an amendment to the existing bill will be pushed beneath their noses....

Em seis meses fecharam 86 sites que não cumpriam a nova lei do jogo online. Neste intervalo de tempo, 50 jogadores emigraram República Checa, Brasil, Hungria, Malta e Reino Unido. São estes os cinco destinos de meia centena de emigrantes especiais: são profissionais a jogar póquer online que desde...

It is the last over of the cricket match, with India needing 17 runs to win against Australia In his two-bedroom house located in central Mumbai, a middle-aged man is watching the game, nervously. He’s sitting on the edge of his grey colour sofa with his mobile phone glued...

Good news for poker players out of New York Tuesday as Senate Bill S5302 passed through the Senate Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering by a unanimous 9-0 vote. The bill aims to legalize and regulate “certain interactive poker games that are considered to be games of skill” (read:...

A indústria do jogo em Macau está a apostar em “slot machines” nas salas VIP dos casinos, usadas no passado só para jogos de mesa. O objectivo é contornar a crise que tem vindo a afectar o negócio, em vésperas do Ano Novo chinês. As salas VIP dos casinos de...

Acordo de cooperação bilateral entre o SRIJ e a ARJEL No dia 26 de janeiro, Charles Coppolani, Presidente da ARJEL (Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne) e Teresa Monteiro, Vice-Presidente do Turismo de Portugal assinaram um acordo bilateral de cooperação e troca de informações. Este acordo formaliza a...

ATIVIDADE DE JOGO TERRITORIAL: 1º TRIMESTRE DE 2015 Publicado com a data de 01 Junho 2015: Divulgação dos dados relativos à atividade de jogo territorial (casinos e salas de jogo do bingo) no 1º trimestre de 2015. Atividade do jogo praticado em casinos Atividade do jogo praticado em salas...

No início do ano passado, o braço-direito de Stanley Ho em Portugal criou em Cascais, juntamente com outro sócio, uma empresa chamada “China Global Well”. A entidade pretendia fazer “investimentos nas áreas de exploração, administração e gestão de imóveis para comércio, habitação, estabelecimentos hoteleiros, empreendimentos turísticos e similares, bem...

Hundreds of suspected money laundering operations have been reported at betting shops as criminals plough drug money in to gambling machines. The Gambling Commission has revealed that over the past year, 633 reports were filed to it and the National Crime Agency by bookmakers where operators suspect the proceeds...

France’s long-suffering online poker market will get no help from the outside world after politicians rejected sharing liquidity with other European countries. Despite pleas from local gambling regulator ARJEL, the French National Assembly declined to approve gambling law amendments that would have allowed French-licensed online poker operators to share...