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A Polícia Judiciária de Macau deteve quatro pessoas por suspeita de envolvimento num esquema de manipulação de cartas de jogo que custou ao casino envolvido mais de 24 milhões de patacas (2,7 milhões de euros). Em esclarecimento à agência Lusa, a PJ explicou que a denúncia partiu de um...

O maior casino “online” ilegal da China movimentou quase 55 mil milhões de euros, desde que foi fundado em 2012, até ser encerrado pelas autoridades em junho passado. A plataforma foi estabelecida por um homem chamado Zhou, detalhou a agência oficial Xinhua, que cita um tribunal chinês. No ano...

The head of Macau’s government gave a conservative forecast for gambling revenue next year that’s 13 percent below analyst estimates amid a nascent recovery in the world’s biggest casino hub, Bloomberg reported. Macau’s government is confident the economy will recover to grow by low single-digits in 2017, Chief Executive...

The Director General of Spain’s La Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ), Carlos Hernández Rivera, has stepped down following a proposal by the Minister of Finance and Public Administration and the subsequent decision by Spain’s Council of Ministers earlier this month. Rivera, who has held the position for...

Early in July, a bill to legalize and regulate several forms of online gambling, including online poker, was approved in the Dutch Lower House. The Dutch online gambling industry was sure that the bill would be passed into law early in 2017. But unfortunately, that is not to be....

One of 18 Crown Resorts staff arrested in China in October for suspected “gambling crimes” has been released from detention, according to media reports. The detention of 18 Crown staff, three of whom are Australian nationals including its head of international VIP gambling, has sparked concern about the impact...

Following the passing of the bill that seeks to legalize gambling in Brazil by the members of the National Development Special Committee of the Senate, Brazilian Tourism Minister Marx Beltrao defended in London the opening of the South American giant to foreign investors. “The Ministry of Tourism looks very...

Residents of New Jersey voted overwhelmingly against a ballot measure Tuesday that would allow for the construction of two casinos outside of Atlantic City. With over 2.8 million votes cast, the “No’s” destroyed the “Yes’s” 2,201,768 to 633,034. Casino gambling was legalized in New Jersey in 1976, but restricted...

They say the bookie always wins, but not on Tuesday night. Three weeks ago, bookmaker Paddy Power paid out £800,000 in winnings to punters who had backed Hillary Clinton to be the next US president, only now to be left with a bill for £4m to pay clients who...

New Jersey’s cash-strapped coastal gambling hub of Atlantic City will submit an updated fiscal recovery plan to the state, local officials said on Wednesday, in an eleventh-hour bid to hold off a takeover of city government. Trenton rejected the city’s five-year plan on Tuesday, questioning the viability of a...