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Dawn Foster | Opinion When I first moved to the capital in 2010, I worked in Newham, in east London. It looked similar to the places I’d grown up and where I lived while at university, but for one difference: the number of betting shops seemed obscene. I’d pop...
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Adam Bradford | Opinion On Tuesday, the long-awaited report into the gambling machines known as fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) and social responsibility was released by the government. In 2014, my father David, an accountant, was sent to prison for fraud. He had stolen £50,000 from his employers to fund his gambling addiction....
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Greg Wood | Sport betting When the department for digital, culture, media and sport finally announced a range of options for the new maximum stake in fixed odds betting terminals on Tuesday, the most interesting alternative was arguably the one that wasn’t there. The stake limit could be halved to £50, cut...
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Com a emissão da licença n.º 001 à empresa BEM OPERATIONS LIMITED, que opera a marca Betclic, para exploração de apostas desportivas à cota, iniciou-se na data da sua emissão, a 25 de maio de 2016, o período máximo de dois anos previsto para a reavaliação do Regime Jurídico...
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Presentemente parece claro que a área de pesquisa sobre os custos sociais e económicos e os benefícios do jogo é uma área controversa, dado ser recente, estar sobrecarregada de jargões e ser atravessada por várias disciplinas. De facto, em comparação com áreas de investigação científica mais maduras, o estudo dos...
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Introdução Tradicionalmente a Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa detém o monopólio da oferta de lotaria e produtos de apostas desportivas mútuas. A partir de 2003, também lhe foi concedido o monopólio do jogo online. Porém, à medida que Portugal enfrentava dificuldades económicas, a Troika (Fundo Monetário Internacional (FMI),...
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O impacto de métodos e técnicas no futuro do mercado de apostas. O crescimento na última década das taxas de reembolso (payout rates) para valores superiores a 90% tornou o mercado de apostas particularmente atraente não só a sindicatos criminosos que dispersam os seus proveitos ilícitos por dezenas, e...
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Editorial | Opinion The record fine levied on 888, an online gambling company, today, is a sign that Britain has a gambling problem. A technical failure meant that 7,000 customers who had chosen to bar themselves from the firm’s betting terminals were still able to gamble. The public is starting...
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Victoria Coren Mitchell | Opinion The government’s failure to clamp down on fixed-odds betting terminals must be down to stupidity or corruption and I’m not sure which of those I hope it is. Which is better? Idiots or crooks? It would make a good parlour game. It’s possible that I’ve spent...
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Editorial | Opinion The UK Treasury has cold feet about the department of culture, media and sport’s review of fixed-odds betting terminals, expected to recommend swingeing cuts to the maximum bet. The chancellor is said to be alarmed about losing a lucrative tax stream. Absurdly, FOBTs, which seduce gamblers to play...
Dawn Foster | Opinion When I first moved to the capital in 2010, I worked in Newham, in east London. It looked similar to the places I’d grown up and where I lived while at university, but for one difference: the number of betting shops seemed obscene. I’d pop...
Adam Bradford | Opinion On Tuesday, the long-awaited report into the gambling machines known as fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) and social responsibility was released by the government. In 2014, my father David, an accountant, was sent to prison for fraud. He had stolen £50,000 from his employers to fund his gambling addiction....
Greg Wood | Sport betting When the department for digital, culture, media and sport finally announced a range of options for the new maximum stake in fixed odds betting terminals on Tuesday, the most interesting alternative was arguably the one that wasn’t there. The stake limit could be halved to £50, cut...
Com a emissão da licença n.º 001 à empresa BEM OPERATIONS LIMITED, que opera a marca Betclic, para exploração de apostas desportivas à cota, iniciou-se na data da sua emissão, a 25 de maio de 2016, o período máximo de dois anos previsto para a reavaliação do Regime Jurídico...
Presentemente parece claro que a área de pesquisa sobre os custos sociais e económicos e os benefícios do jogo é uma área controversa, dado ser recente, estar sobrecarregada de jargões e ser atravessada por várias disciplinas. De facto, em comparação com áreas de investigação científica mais maduras, o estudo dos...
Introdução Tradicionalmente a Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa detém o monopólio da oferta de lotaria e produtos de apostas desportivas mútuas. A partir de 2003, também lhe foi concedido o monopólio do jogo online. Porém, à medida que Portugal enfrentava dificuldades económicas, a Troika (Fundo Monetário Internacional (FMI),...
O impacto de métodos e técnicas no futuro do mercado de apostas. O crescimento na última década das taxas de reembolso (payout rates) para valores superiores a 90% tornou o mercado de apostas particularmente atraente não só a sindicatos criminosos que dispersam os seus proveitos ilícitos por dezenas, e...
Editorial | Opinion The record fine levied on 888, an online gambling company, today, is a sign that Britain has a gambling problem. A technical failure meant that 7,000 customers who had chosen to bar themselves from the firm’s betting terminals were still able to gamble. The public is starting...
Victoria Coren Mitchell | Opinion The government’s failure to clamp down on fixed-odds betting terminals must be down to stupidity or corruption and I’m not sure which of those I hope it is. Which is better? Idiots or crooks? It would make a good parlour game. It’s possible that I’ve spent...
Editorial | Opinion The UK Treasury has cold feet about the department of culture, media and sport’s review of fixed-odds betting terminals, expected to recommend swingeing cuts to the maximum bet. The chancellor is said to be alarmed about losing a lucrative tax stream. Absurdly, FOBTs, which seduce gamblers to play...
Um dos croupiers mais experientes do Casino Estoril, Pedro Capucho, conta as histórias, os segredos e os mistérios de uma vida de trabalho ao lado do pano verde dos...
Match-Fixing—The Biggest Threat to Sport in the 21st Century? Cheating at gambling; Sportspersons The issue at the heart of this article makes me sit up and take notice as...
Introdução Tradicionalmente a Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa detém o monopólio da oferta de lotaria e produtos de apostas desportivas mútuas. A partir de 2003, também lhe foi...
O governo português reserva o direito de regular as atividades de jogo em todo o território nacional e decide a quem deve conceder licenças. As leis de jogo são...