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American casino industry groups are pleading with congressional leaders not to purge problem gambling support funds from President Donald Trump’s health care plan. Earlier this month, the heads of the American Gaming Association (AGA), National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) and the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) sent a...
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Australia’s federal government wants to harmonize state-level online sports betting point-of-consumption taxes (POCT), potentially dealing a blow to the Northern Territory’s status as the country’s premier online licensing jurisdiction. On Friday, Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison (pictured) held a meeting with his state and territory counterparts to discuss the upcoming...
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A growing number of Polish-facing online gambling operators are racing for the border ahead of new regulatory restrictions that take effect on April 1. Last December, Poland’s legislature approved the amended Polish Gambling Act, which imposes new domain- and payment-blocking measures on online operators who lack a Polish gaming...
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Midi, a development consortium from Malta, has proposed a casino hotel and shopping complex for Manoel Island The consortium obtained a 99-year concession on the biggest part of the island 17 years ago. However, according to Times of Malta, Midi had a meeting with NGOs earlier this week where...
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Legislative framework of gambling regulation ◊ Status: Law stated as at 01-Nov-2016 | Jurisdiction: England, Wales Contents ♦ Legislative framework of gambling regulation ◊ Overview ◊ Definitions of gambling ◊ Regulatory authorities ◊ Gambling products ♦ Land-based gambling ◊ Regulation/licensing ♦ Online gambling ◊ Regulation/licensing...
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Legislative framework of gambling regulation ◊ Status: Law stated as at 01-Oct-2016 | Jurisdiction: France Contents ♦ Legislative framework of gambling regulation ◊ Overview ◊ Definitions of gambling ◊ Regulatory authorities ◊ Gambling products ♦ Land-based gambling ◊ Regulation/licensing ♦ Online gambling ◊ Regulation/licensing...
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A empresa de jogos online Sky Bet foi multada em 1 milhão de libras por permitir que centenas de pessoas potencialmente vulneráveis continuassem a apostar depois de terem pedido para serem impedidas de o fazer, enquanto enviava material promocional a mais 50.000. O TRIBUNAL FEDERAL MULTOU O OPERADOR GLOBAL...
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Os 51 jogos do Campeonato da Europa de futebol, disputado em 2016 em França e ganho por Portugal, geraram 62 mil milhões de euros em apostas Os 51 jogos do Campeonato da Europa de futebol, disputado em 2016 em França e ganho por Portugal, geraram 62 mil milhões de...
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Lottoland has filed an application to have its own lottery in several German federal states in order to challenge the German lottery monopoly and become the first private lottery operator of a major lottery in the country. The company’s new German lottery system will resembles that of the German...
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Terminou hoje em La Valetta, capital de Malta que neste momento acolhe a presidência semestral da União Europeia, o Fórum Europeu do Desporto que reúne os principais intervenientes da política desportiva europeia. Entre delegados de importantes federações desportivas internacionais e europeias, do Movimento Olímpico, entidades representantes do sector e...
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Nos três últimos meses do ano passado, as operadoras do território e outras empresas do sector das lotarias e dos jogos de aposta contrataram 662 trabalhadores, um aumento de 76,1 por cento face a 2015. Ainda assim, a indústria do jogo encerrou 2016 com menos funcionários do que os...
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The longstanding relationship between the government of the Republic of Cyprus and betting operator OPAP is rapidly coming apart at the seams. On Monday, the Cyprus Mail reported that Cypriot attorney-general Costas Clerides had ordered a police investigation into OPAP after the Greek lottery and betting operator declined to...
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A betting loophole that allows gambling websites to offer cut-price bets on the EuroMillions lottery draw is intended to be closed by the government as it takes “money away from good causes”. Although the Gambling Act prohibits betting on National Lottery games, websites get around the law by offering...
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Kenya-based online sports betting operator SportPesa topped a recent list of what the country’s residents are looking up on Google. The Standard reported that six of the top-10 sites on Google’s rising search queries in Kenya over the first two months of 2017 belonged to betting companies. SportPesa’s Kenyan...
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In October 2016, the world saw the most powerful Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack ever registered in cyber history. The destructive Mirai botnet brought down sites including Twitter, the Guardian, Netflix, Reddit, CNN and many others in Europe and the United States after it hit the servers of...
American casino industry groups are pleading with congressional leaders not to purge problem gambling support funds from President Donald Trump’s health care plan. Earlier this month, the heads of the American Gaming Association (AGA), National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) and the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) sent a...
Australia’s federal government wants to harmonize state-level online sports betting point-of-consumption taxes (POCT), potentially dealing a blow to the Northern Territory’s status as the country’s premier online licensing jurisdiction. On Friday, Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison (pictured) held a meeting with his state and territory counterparts to discuss the upcoming...
A growing number of Polish-facing online gambling operators are racing for the border ahead of new regulatory restrictions that take effect on April 1. Last December, Poland’s legislature approved the amended Polish Gambling Act, which imposes new domain- and payment-blocking measures on online operators who lack a Polish gaming...
Midi, a development consortium from Malta, has proposed a casino hotel and shopping complex for Manoel Island The consortium obtained a 99-year concession on the biggest part of the island 17 years ago. However, according to Times of Malta, Midi had a meeting with NGOs earlier this week where...
Legislative framework of gambling regulation ◊ Status: Law stated as at 01-Nov-2016 | Jurisdiction: England, Wales Contents ♦ Legislative framework of gambling regulation ◊ Overview ◊ Definitions of gambling ◊ Regulatory authorities ◊ Gambling products ♦ Land-based gambling ◊ Regulation/licensing ♦ Online gambling ◊ Regulation/licensing...
Legislative framework of gambling regulation ◊ Status: Law stated as at 01-Oct-2016 | Jurisdiction: France Contents ♦ Legislative framework of gambling regulation ◊ Overview ◊ Definitions of gambling ◊ Regulatory authorities ◊ Gambling products ♦ Land-based gambling ◊ Regulation/licensing ♦ Online gambling ◊ Regulation/licensing...
A empresa de jogos online Sky Bet foi multada em 1 milhão de libras por permitir que centenas de pessoas potencialmente vulneráveis continuassem a apostar depois de terem pedido para serem impedidas de o fazer, enquanto enviava material promocional a mais 50.000. O TRIBUNAL FEDERAL MULTOU O OPERADOR GLOBAL...
Os 51 jogos do Campeonato da Europa de futebol, disputado em 2016 em França e ganho por Portugal, geraram 62 mil milhões de euros em apostas Os 51 jogos do Campeonato da Europa de futebol, disputado em 2016 em França e ganho por Portugal, geraram 62 mil milhões de...
Lottoland has filed an application to have its own lottery in several German federal states in order to challenge the German lottery monopoly and become the first private lottery operator of a major lottery in the country. The company’s new German lottery system will resembles that of the German...
Terminou hoje em La Valetta, capital de Malta que neste momento acolhe a presidência semestral da União Europeia, o Fórum Europeu do Desporto que reúne os principais intervenientes da política desportiva europeia. Entre delegados de importantes federações desportivas internacionais e europeias, do Movimento Olímpico, entidades representantes do sector e...
Nos três últimos meses do ano passado, as operadoras do território e outras empresas do sector das lotarias e dos jogos de aposta contrataram 662 trabalhadores, um aumento de 76,1 por cento face a 2015. Ainda assim, a indústria do jogo encerrou 2016 com menos funcionários do que os...
The longstanding relationship between the government of the Republic of Cyprus and betting operator OPAP is rapidly coming apart at the seams. On Monday, the Cyprus Mail reported that Cypriot attorney-general Costas Clerides had ordered a police investigation into OPAP after the Greek lottery and betting operator declined to...
Kenya-based online sports betting operator SportPesa topped a recent list of what the country’s residents are looking up on Google. The Standard reported that six of the top-10 sites on Google’s rising search queries in Kenya over the first two months of 2017 belonged to betting companies. SportPesa’s Kenyan...
In October 2016, the world saw the most powerful Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack ever registered in cyber history. The destructive Mirai botnet brought down sites including Twitter, the Guardian, Netflix, Reddit, CNN and many others in Europe and the United States after it hit the servers of...
