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On 15 April 2015, a Special Event was organized by UNODC and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS). The event was opened by the Executive Director of UNODC, the Secretary-General of the Thirteenth Congress and the President of the International Centre for Sport Security, in the presence of...

FIRST INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR SPORTS INTEGRITY ADOPTS ROADMAP FOR FUTURE ACTION TO PROTECT CLEAN ATHLETES IOC launches whistle-blower hotline for competition manipulation and other ethical issues that threaten the integrity of sport Another Olympic Agenda 2020 recommendation was implemented today when the International Forum for Sports Integrity (IFSI) met...

Ireland’s stalled plan to tax online gambling has been sent to the president to be signed into law, finance minister Michael Noonan said on Thursday, clearing the way to begin imposing the levy on bookmakers this year. The new tax comes as Paddy Power and other major bookmakers such...

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on the manipulation of sports competitions with regard to matters related to substantive criminal law and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Match-fixing is widely regarded...

Foram precisas apenas seis semanas para as autoridades de Pequim, que estão a combater a corrupção, mostrarem aos chefes do jogo da cidade que não há garantias. Dizem que, quando se trata de casinos, a casa ganha sempre. Mas, enquanto os gigantes do jogo de Macau digerem os incríveis...

The decline in American gambling claimed one of the star companies in the industry as a division of financially troubled Caesars Entertainment will head to court in Chicago on Thursday to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Lawyers revealed the timing and location of the move in a legal...

Belgian gaming regulators have put online gambling operators on notice that all live-dealer casinos must be based within the country’s borders. The Belgian Gaming Commission (BGC) issued a notice on Jan. 7 stating that it has decided to enforce an existing edict banning all live-dealer casinos that beam their...

It took Tony Franklin just 59 minutes to squander £3,500 on high-speed, high-stakes gambling machines in his local Coral bookmakers. Losing the money was easy. Thirteen days before Christmas, he walked up to the counter, swiped his debit card and spent £500 picking the wrong numbers on electronic roulette....

More than a third of people playing high-speed, high-stakes betting machines experience problems with their gambling, according to industry-funded research released on Wednesday. The study involving 4,000 gamblers, which was commissioned by the Responsible Gambling Trust, revealed alarmingly high levels of problem gambling with high-stakes. FOBTs have been dubbed...

Professional Players’ Federation study shows 6.1 per cent of professional sportsmen have gambling problems Twice as many again ‘at risk’ according to new research Gambling addiction linked to poor on-field displays and match-fixing risk Study interviewed almost 350 players across football and cricket  Hundreds of professional footballers and cricketers...