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A crackdown by the European regulator on high-risk online bets has sent shares in spread-betting firms plummeting. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) said late on Friday it was considering a ban on the marketing, distribution or sale to retail clients of binary options, amid fears they are too...
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A government scheme that is meant to allow staff at betting shops to bar problem gamblers has drawn fresh criticism after an investigation found that addicts are still being allowed to bet. An undercover reporter posing as a known problem gambler who should have been ejected from bookmakers when attempting to...
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Editorial | Opinion The worlds of late childhood and early adolescence are absorbing, often overwhelming, and at best partially accessible to the adults orbiting them. So it is shocking, but not perhaps surprising, to discover that around 25,000 11- to 16-year-olds are problem gamblers, according to new research. Another 36,000...
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About 25,000 children aged between 11 and 16 are problem gamblers, with many learning to bet via computer games and social media, according to a report that has prompted warnings that Britain is “sleepwalking into a future public health storm”. In its annual survey of youth gambling (pdf), industry regulator the Gambling Commission...
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A grega Stoiximan já está a recrutar no Linkedin para passar a operar a partir de Portugal. Esse é apenas uma das quatro empresas que estão a caminho de se tornarem operadores de jogo online registados em Portugal. Para além da Stoiximan, há também a Plataforma de Jogos da...
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Nils Pratley on finance | Business Ladbrokes Coral’s bosses will try to sound cheerful about the prospect of being taken over by GVC Holdings, the company behind Sportingbet and Foxy Bingo. But, on the long view, this deal would be a corporate humiliation. Ladbrokes is one of the oldest names in...
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Ladbrokes Coral and online gambling rival GVC have renewed talks about a takeover which could be valued at £3.9bn – but with the proviso that the deal could be cut by £800m depending on the final result of a government review of controversial fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs). GVC, owner of...
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SUMÁRIO Instruções para reporte de máquinas de jogo online TEXTO Neste documento pretende-se explicar os detalhes gerais a adotar no reporte de máquinas de jogo online, a saber, o processo formal de gerar o “string” necessário para preencher o campo sm_result dos ficheiros AJOG. Regras gerais: … Consulte Documento...
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Kate Lampard, who also led Jimmy Savile and Yarl’s Wood inquiries, calls for ‘massive changes’ including end to male dominance Kate Lampard, who also led Jimmy Savile and Yarl’s Wood inquiries, calls for ‘massive changes’ including end to male dominance The chair of the UK’s leading gambling charity, who...
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The government has no idea how many problem gamblers are being treated by the NHS or how much their addiction is costing, prompting concern from leading charities that people in need of help are slipping through the net. The Department of Health also conceded, in response to questions from...
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A Broadway Gaming Ltd vai pagar um pacote de penalizações de £100.000 por não ter incluído condições relevantes associadas a anúncios promocionais encontrados em cinco dos seus sites de jogos de fortuna ou azar. Em junho de 2016, a Advertising Standards Authority (Autoridade para as Normas Publicitárias) aceitou uma...
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De julho a setembro subiu o número de apostadores na net, travando a tendência de queda dos primeiros seis meses. Associação de empresas diz que em Portugal os impostos são elevados. Governo faz avaliação positiva do setor. Em nove meses, as casas de apostas online nacionais registaram 258,7 mil...
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Segundo o primeiro estudo sobre o mercado de apostas ‘online’ 68% dos jogadores portugueses opta por operadores não licenciados em Portugal. Quase sete em cada dez jogadores portugueses (68%) opta por operadores não licenciados em Portugal para apostas ‘online’, segundo o primeiro estudo sobre o mercado nacional da maior...
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O futuro das operações do jogo só deverá ser decidido pelo próximo Chefe do Executivo, mas seria “impensável” não renovar a licença da SJM e da subconcessionária MGM, considera Bruno Beato Ascenção, em entrevista ao Jornal TRIBUNA DE MACAU. Salientando que o modelo actual pode sempre ser alterado, entende...
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The supreme court on Monday suggested it may side with New Jersey in its effort to make sports gambling legal, a case that could make betting on football, basketball and other sports widely available. The justices heard New Jersey’s challenge to a federal law that bars states from authorizing gambling in...