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O Tribunal Arbitral do Desporto deu razão à UEFA e afastou o clube albanês da Liga dos Campeões por manipulação de resultados. O clube albanês Skënderbeu foi hoje afastado da Liga dos Campeões 2016/17 pelo Tribunal Arbitral do Desporto (TAS), depois de ver recusado o recurso apresentado pelo clube...
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A Chinese soccer fan could barely watch as Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo lined up his penalty kick in the finely balanced Euro 2016 group match against Austria. The man identified by his surname Li, from the eastern city of Hangzhou, had every reason to be nervous: he had bet...
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On July 1, Belgium’s House of Representatives passed legislation to remove the broad-based value-added tax exemption on the gambling sector. Under the change, all gambling and games of chance that take place online will in future be subject to VAT. However, lotteries and land-based gambling will remain VAT-exempt. According...
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As we in the United States have been focusing our attention on the legislative roller coasters in Pennsylvania and California and those states’ efforts to legalize and regulate online gambling, a new internet gaming law in the Czech Republic has flown a bit under the radar. About a month...
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Emissão da segunda licença para exploração de apostas desportivas à cota online em Portugal A Comissão de Jogos, em reunião realizada no dia 4 de julho de 2016, deliberou emitir à BET ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, que opera sob a marca Bet, uma licença para a exploração de apostas desportivas à cota,...
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The Gibraltar Minister of Financial Services and Gaming has sought to play down fears over the impact that the UK’s departure from the European Union could have on operators based in the region, saying that it is “business as usual”. The UK’s vote to leave the European Union in...
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The UK’s vote to leave the European Union in a so-called Brexit Referendum might also impact companies that provide gambling services in Germany. Three of the main consequences of Brexit for gambling companies might be: Companies applying for a German gambling license need a registered office in a member...
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The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor), the Philippine gaming regulator, is temporarily halting the processing and issuance of all online gambling license applications. The move follows comments made last week by the new President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, who pledged to crackdown on online gambling in his...
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The UK gambling industry (excluding Northern Ireland), has been given a boost following the fears of what June’s Brexit vote may cause, after some encouraging statistics were published by the Gambling Commission (GC). Dates were adjusted for the latest accounting period, with results being shown for October 2014 to...
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A plan for a new tourism and entertainment area in Barcelona, Spain is moving ahead after a revamp that cut its projected gaming area to a seventh of the original size, it was announced last week. Two Asian casino groups – Melco group and Genting group – are reportedly involved in...