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Contribuições obrigatórias dos trabalhadores aumentaram de 12% para 15%, de acordo com a portaria hoje publicada em Diário da República. As contribuições obrigatórias dos trabalhadores dos casinos no ativo para o Fundo Especial de Segurança Social dos Profissionais de Banca dos Casinos aumentaram de 12% para 15%, de acordo...
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SUMÁRIO Portaria que procede à alteração do Regulamento do Fundo Especial de Segurança Social dos Profissionais de Banca dos Casinos TEXTO O atual Fundo Especial de Segurança Social dos Profissionais de Banca dos Casinos foi criado em 1961, tendo as bases daquele Fundo previsto que seria « permitido ao...
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The Gambling Commission has entered a heated discussion over events at Cheltenham on New Year’s Day, asking anyone to come forward who may have evidence of bookmakers forcing an unwarranted deduction from winnings on the last race, won by the favourite, Cap Soleil. A deduction of five pence in the pound...
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After months of delay, Portugal has finally sent its new online poker liquidity sharing technical standards to the European Commission for approval. Last November, Portugal welcomed the first online poker site (Amaya Gaming’s PokerStars) under the country’s new online gambling licensing regime, but it wasn’t until this Tuesday that...
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Os casinos de Macau fecharam 2016 com receitas de 223.210 milhões de patacas (26.565 milhões de euros), uma queda de 3,3% face ao ano passado. Os casinos de Macau fecharam 2016 com receitas de 223.210 milhões de patacas (26.565 milhões de euros), uma queda de 3,3% face ao cômputo...
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ENTIDADES REGULADORAS A atividade do Departamento de Jogos da Santa Casa da Misericórdia é regulada pelo Governo, cabendo ao membro do Governo que superintende a área da Segurança Social a tutela da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa. O Departamento de Jogos da Santa Casa da Misericórdia tem como...
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To date, the Court has rendered thirty judgments concerning the application of the Union’s fundamental freedoms to gambling, eleven of which have been delivered since the last comprehensive overview of gambling- related case law in a previous edition of the EGBA News1 . The Court has since reaffirmed its...
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The Gambling Commission was set up under the Gambling Act 2005 to regulate commercial gambling in Great Britain. On 1 October 2013 we also took over the responsibilities of the National Lottery Commission to regulate the National Lottery under the National Lottery Act 1993. The past eleven years...
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SUMÁRIO Orçamento do Estado para 2017 TEXTO Artigo 246.ºAlteração ao Decreto -Lei n.º 422/89, de 2 de dezembroOs artigos 85.º, 86.º e 87.º do Decreto -Lei n.º 422/89, de 2 de dezembro, que reformula a Lei do Jogo, alterado pelo Decreto -Lei n.º 10/95, de 19 de janeiro, pela...
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A lei que legaliza a abertura de casinos no Japão entrou hoje em vigor no país. A lei que legaliza a abertura de casinos no Japão entrou hoje em vigor no país, onde até agora a proibição dos jogos de fortuna e azar impossibilitava a criação deste tipo de...
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The newly launched PokerStars.pt in Portugal is one of the busiest online pokers sites in the world based on real money cash game players. That is the finding of PokerScout, an online poker traffic ranking site which estimates the number of players at cash game tables on the major...
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The National Lottery operator, Camelot, is “considering its options” after the man who allegedly claimed a £2.5m prize by fraudulent means was named in the media as a convicted rapist. The Gambling Commission said on Thursday that it had fined Camelot£3mfor paying out the £2.5m prize in 2009 on a ticket that...
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Global casino operators are vying to move into Japan’s potentially lucrative market after a ban was lifted by lawmakers in Tokyo, despite warnings over gambling addiction and the involvement of organised crime. Japan’s parliament approved legislation in the early hours of Thursday allowing the construction of “integrated resorts” that...
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Japan is rolling the dice on casinos to help boost its struggling economy. The Japanese parliament passed a new law early Thursday that paves the way for a gaming industry that could generate more than $30 billion a year, according to analysts. At the moment, casinos are illegal in...
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Problem gambling costs the UK up to £1.2bn a year, according to a report that its authors say should serve as a “wakeup call” to the government. The report, commissioned by charity GambleAware and written by the IPPR thinktank, charts the costs associated with problem gambling, such as mental health...