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The French regulator ARJEL released its annual report for 2015/2016 last week. Online sports betting is on a relentless rise, but even so, French taxes make it extremely difficult to make a profit. A pdf file of the report in French can be found here. In 2015, ARJEL reported...
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O segmento VIP da indústria do jogo, que foi o que mais sofreu com a crise no sector, está finalmente a estabilizar e pode mesmo estar a registar um período de crescimento. Esta é a versão do banco de investimento norte-americano Union Gaming no último relatório sobre o mercado...
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Apenas um quarto dos visitantes que assomaram nos últimos tempos a Macau tem destinado o seu orçamento a apostas nos casinos, revela um inquérito ao perfil dos visitantes realizado pelo Instituto de Formação Turística (IFT). De acordo com o estudo, os visitantes oriundos da China elegem as compras como...
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Cross-border purchases by New Zealand residents of certain electronically supplied services became subject to goods and services tax (GST) on October 1, 2016. Non-resident businesses may need to register for New Zealand GST and charge GST on their supplies to New Zealand resident customers if they supply online gaming,...
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Casino investor NagaCorp Ltd said in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Wednesday that it would not, after all, proceed to the final bid stage for a single casino licence in the Republic of Cyprus. It said the decision was “in the best interests of shareholders”....
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The Gambling Commission (GC) released its updated plan on communicating with consumers today. Recognising that consumers are the keystone for its work, the Commission is acting to improve efficiency in contact and provide more information to reduce problems that stem from the gaming industry. Investigations into consumer behaviour are...
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Singaporeans are to be allowed to gamble online through lottery operators Singapore Pools and the Singapore Turf Club (STC), Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has said. The two operators will be allowed to offer remote gambling services for their existing products, under a stringent set of conditions, the...
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US Senator for Arkansas, Tom Cotton, has quietly filed a bill to the Senate seeking to ban online gambling in the country. The bill, S.3376, was read twice before being referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, leaving it eligible both for debate and voting on its passage. The...
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Asian casino investor and developer Melco International Development Ltd, led by casino entrepreneur Lawrence Ho Yau Lung, has confirmed in an email to GGRAsia that it is to proceed to the final bid stage regarding the single casino licence on offer in the Republic of Cyprus. “The multinational consortium...
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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Europe’s highest court, is due to rule on whether the UK and Gibraltar should be treated as a single member state when it comes to EU law on remote gambling. The High Court has asked the CJEU to rule on...
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As polícias de Macau detectaram a prática de 824 crimes e realizaram a detenção de 471 pessoas durante a operação Trovoada 16, que decorreu entre 22 de Julho e 21 de Setembro, em conjunto com as autoridades de Hong Kong e da vizinha província de Cantão. Os resultado foram...
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O tenista francês Constant Lestienne foi suspenso por sete meses e multado em 8900 euros por fazer apostas no ténis, revelou esta quarta-feira a Unidade de Integridade no Ténis (UTI). O jogador, de 24 anos e 164.º no ‘ranking’ mundial, fez apostas em 220 encontros de ténis (nenhum que...
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Philippines-based casino operator Bloomberry Resorts Corp has confirmed that it has pulled out of the bidding for a single gaming licence in the Republic of Cyprus. “We are confirming that we are no longer pursuing our bid to acquire a gaming licence in Cyprus,” Bloomberry’s director of investor relations, Leo...
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O principal jornal oficial chinês de língua inglesa, o China Daily, publica hoje um artigo em que volta a associar diretamente o declínio das receitas de jogo em Macau à campanha contra a corrupção, lançada por Pequim. “A Las Vegas da Ásia começou a perder algum brilho desde 2014...
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Online gambling by teenage boys across Europe is becoming a huge public health concern with one in eight now gambling frequently, according to a Europe-wide survey of school students aged 15 and 16. The results of the four-yearly survey, in which 96,000 school students in 35 countries took part,...
The French regulator ARJEL released its annual report for 2015/2016 last week. Online sports betting is on a relentless rise, but even so, French taxes make it extremely difficult to make a profit. A pdf file of the report in French can be found here. In 2015, ARJEL reported...
O segmento VIP da indústria do jogo, que foi o que mais sofreu com a crise no sector, está finalmente a estabilizar e pode mesmo estar a registar um período de crescimento. Esta é a versão do banco de investimento norte-americano Union Gaming no último relatório sobre o mercado...
Cross-border purchases by New Zealand residents of certain electronically supplied services became subject to goods and services tax (GST) on October 1, 2016. Non-resident businesses may need to register for New Zealand GST and charge GST on their supplies to New Zealand resident customers if they supply online gaming,...
Casino investor NagaCorp Ltd said in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Wednesday that it would not, after all, proceed to the final bid stage for a single casino licence in the Republic of Cyprus. It said the decision was “in the best interests of shareholders”....
The Gambling Commission (GC) released its updated plan on communicating with consumers today. Recognising that consumers are the keystone for its work, the Commission is acting to improve efficiency in contact and provide more information to reduce problems that stem from the gaming industry. Investigations into consumer behaviour are...
Singaporeans are to be allowed to gamble online through lottery operators Singapore Pools and the Singapore Turf Club (STC), Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has said. The two operators will be allowed to offer remote gambling services for their existing products, under a stringent set of conditions, the...
US Senator for Arkansas, Tom Cotton, has quietly filed a bill to the Senate seeking to ban online gambling in the country. The bill, S.3376, was read twice before being referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, leaving it eligible both for debate and voting on its passage. The...
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Europe’s highest court, is due to rule on whether the UK and Gibraltar should be treated as a single member state when it comes to EU law on remote gambling. The High Court has asked the CJEU to rule on...
As polícias de Macau detectaram a prática de 824 crimes e realizaram a detenção de 471 pessoas durante a operação Trovoada 16, que decorreu entre 22 de Julho e 21 de Setembro, em conjunto com as autoridades de Hong Kong e da vizinha província de Cantão. Os resultado foram...
