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Grupo de trabalho vai contar com representantes do Governo, Santa Casa e Turismo de Portugal. Terá de apresentar conclusões no final de fevereiro. As regras do jogo online e das apostas hípicas de base territorial poderão mudar este ano. O Governo criou um grupo de trabalho para avaliar o...
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No arranque, até junho de 2019, as apostas hípicas só estarão disponíveis para provas internacionais pois em Portugal não há nenhum hipódromo que cumpra as condições necessárias para integrar este sistema. Esta foi a garantia dada ao DN por fonte oficial do departamento de Jogos da Santa Casa da Misericórdia, entidade...
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In the moaning and whingeing stakes, bookmakers are the thoroughbreds. The government expects us to pay too much tax! Horseracing is always asking for too much money! Sporting results have gone against us! These are familiar refrains that usually provoke cheers rather sympathy. So, last week, one of the...
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O Governo anunciou ontem a prorrogação por um prazo de 24 anos e seis meses do contrato de concessão do exclusivo da exploração de corridas de cavalos a uma empresa que acumula prejuízos. No mesmo dia, a administradora executiva do Macau Jockey Club, Angela Leong, anunciou planos de construção...
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THE UK RACING LEVY SCHEME HAS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF NATIONAL PRESS ONCE MORE, AS UK SPORTS MINISTER TRACEY CROUCH INFORMED INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORTS WILL IMPOSE A 10% GROSS PROFIT CHARGE ON ALL RACING WAGERS REGARDLESS IF PLACED ONLINE OR AT A RETAIL...
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Portugal vai ter uma rede de estádios para corridas e apostas hípicas. Cada equipamento a construir terá capacidade para, pelo menos, três mil pessoas, segundo diz uma portaria publicada nesta terça-feira pelo Ministério da Agricultura no Diário da República. E mil lugares de estacionamento, no mínimo. As apostas vão...
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Nick Rust, Chief Executive of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), has written to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to outline the governing body’s fears for the horseracing industry with regards to the proposed Ladbrokes Coral merger. The CMA began investigating the planned merger in December and announced in...
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The UK Horseracing Bettors’ Forum (HBF) has estimated that 20,000 British online accounts were closed by operators over the last six months. The estimation was included in a publication of the results of a survey conducted between 3 April and 30 April, which found that over 4,000 accounts were...
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In an important, disturbing and often distressing investigation for the Guardian last Tuesday Tom Lamont laid bare the grim reality of daily working life for the staff in many of Britain’s 9,000 betting shops. He detailed violence, intimidation and long, unsociable hours, often worked under the modern regime of...
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As G Force burst through to win the prestigious Betfred Sprint Cup at Haydock, I began celebrating my biggest priced winner of the flat season, having backed him at odds of 25-1. But my joy at such a profitable day’s gambling was soon tempered by the realisation that yet...