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Problem gambling costs the UK up to £1.2bn according to a report by charity GambleAware, with spending related to police intervention, mental health services and homelessness putting pressure on the system. The charity warned of the “narrow” focus on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs), known as the “crack cocaine of...

New research reveals that the British Columbia government’s online gambling site earns 46% of its online casino revenue from just 5% of its players. This week, the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) celebrated the signing of a licensing agreement in which casino operator MGM Resorts would integrate BCLC’s GameSense...

UK bookmakers William Hill saw their operating profit fall 10% in 2016, a 12-month span their interim CEO called “a challenging year.” Figures released Friday show Hills’ revenue inching up 1% to £1.6b last year, while operating profit fell 10% to £261.5m. Interim CEO Philip Bowcock (pictured) said 2016...

A court has ruled that Czech Republic’s plan to block unauthorized online gambling domains is constitutional. This month saw the launch of PokerStars.cz, the Czech Republic’s first licensed online poker and casino operator since the country’s new regulated online gambling market took effect on January 1. While many international...

The man tipped to lead the UK’s second-biggest bookmaker has broken ranks with the industry by offering support for a curb on TV gambling adverts. Betting companies have largely rejected suggestions that their ads are seen by too many vulnerable people and children, but William Hill’s finance director said he understood people’s...

O fundador do que foi um dos maiores sites de poker online aceitou, na quinta-feira, enfrentar as acusações americanas resultantes de um longo processo criminal contra empresas de Internet como a sua, que operam ilegalmente nos Estados Unidos. Scott Tom, que fundou o Absolute Poker, sediado na Costa Rica,...

A operadora Wynn Resorts conseguiu o terceiro lugar entre as empresas dedicadas à hotelaria e aos jogo na lista das Empresas Mais Admiradas para 2017, elaborada pela revista Forbes. A empresa fundada por Steve Wynn conseguiu ficar à frente das outras operadoras norte-americanas presentes em Macau, nomeadamente da MGM...

Problem gambling experts have criticised rival factions of the betting industry for waging a “selfish” war of words to protect their own interests amid the threat of tighter regulation. The UK’s leading gambling charity also warned that a “narrow” focus on controversial fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs), potentially ignoring online betting...

O Comité Olímpico de Portugal marcou presença na segunda edição do evento O Fórum Sobre Integridade no Desporto realizou-se hoje no Museu Olímpico, em Lausana, na Suíça, com questões relacionadas com a manipulação de resultados e luta contra a corrupção em cima da mesa. Em comunicado, o Comité Olímpico...

Slots was the star and poker the ugly duckling of Spain’s regulated online gambling market in Q4 2016. Figures released this week by Spanish gaming regulator Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) show healthy gains in the online gambling market in the three months ending December 31, with...

Two men who admitted breaching gambling laws over a website that allowed children to bet on Premier League football matches using a virtual currency earned in the video game Fifa have been ordered to pay fines and costs. Dylan Rigby, 33, and Craig Douglas, 32, pleaded guilty to breaches...

I was one of those who said it could never be done: that a computer wouldn’t ever manage to beat the best at the game of poker. I was romantic and wide-eyed at 18, when my heroes were the cowboys from Texas who ruled the felt. They were uneducated...

HANOI: Punters in gambling-mad Vietnam cheered the easing of a ban on sports betting Saturday, as the communist government moves to bring a booming black market industry above board. Vietnam has long barred locals from gambling of any form, allowing only a few foreigner-only casinos. But the law is...

Swiss casinos want to block the domains of international online gambling operators serving Swiss players while awaiting online regulation: the problem is they may have to pay for them. Many casinos in Switzerland are struggling financially. They need the international blocks as a stopgap until expected regulation arrives circa...

Britain and Gibraltar count as one EU state in terms of a key aspect of the single market, a senior EU lawyer has said in an opinion that could affect the territory’s life after Brexit. The lawyer rebuffed a challenge by Gibraltar’s huge electronic gambling industry, the mainstay of...