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PROTECTING CLEAN ATHLETES FROM COMPETITION MANIPULATION WAS THE FOCUS OF A PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MEETING ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) AND INTERPOL IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, LAST WEEK. Another tangible result stemming from Olympic Agenda 2020, the meeting brought together key figures dealing with the national prevention of...
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A court in Germany has ruled that the 20-license cap on sports betting licenses under the country’s Interstate Treaty on Gambling is illegal, a move that opens up the market to the rest of the European Union. The 5th Chamber of the Administrative Court of Wiesbaden found that the restriction to twenty...
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The BBC’s Daily Politics has discussed how betting shops are the safest places to gamble in the UK. Chief Executive Malcolm George reported on the issue for the programme’s “SoapBox” feature, before debating with MP Kwasi Kwarteng and Baroness Prosser. In the film, Malcolm noted that anyone can buy...
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William Hill called for investors to attend a trading update and online review on 23 March. The results at Cheltenham had been awful, the worst in living memory according to James Henderson, William Hills Chief Executive. Then the surprise: social responsibility measures had caused the company to see 3,000...
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As receitas do jogo VIP nos casinos de Macau caíram 19,35% no primeiro trimestre do ano, comparando com os mesmos meses de 2015, segundo dados oficiais divulgados hoje. Os grandes apostadores (jogo VIP) continuam a ser a origem da maioria das receitas dos casinos de Macau e tiveram um...
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The Czech lower house has approved legislation to raise taxes on gambling firms and open the online market to foreign operators. Reuters reports that, as of next year, tax on slot machines will increase from 28% to 35%, with verticals including sports betting and lottery remaining at 23%. The...
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Os dois melhores jogadores de badmínton do Japão, incluindo o novo número 2 do mundo, Kento Momota, estão em risco de falhar, por castigo, os Jogos Olímpicos do Rio de Janeiro. Os atletas do clube NTT East frequentaram, de forma ativa e repetida, casinos ilegais no Japão, um tipo de...
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Advertisements for gambling would be treated like tobacco promotions and banned completely under a policy announced by the Greens. The Greens leader, Richard Di Natale, said on Friday the ban would “make it possible for people to sit down with their kids and watch a game of footy without...
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A Japanese badminton player has admitted to gambling at an illegal casino, damaging his chances of competing at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Kento Momota gambled at a Tokyo casino which was raided by police last May and has since closed, Kyodo news reported yesterday. Momota, who is...
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Las Vegas Sands is paying a US$9 million fine to settle a regulatory investigation that painted an unflattering picture of the casino owner’s expansion into Macau. The resolution announced Thursday closes a Securities and Exchange Commission probe that began more than five years ago. The corruption case revolved around...
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A new regulatory system meant to allow staff at betting shops to identify and bar problem gamblers has been criticised as ineffectual by addicts and campaigners. From this week bookmakers will have to conduct local area risk assessments to explain how they are going to mitigate crime and the...
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O Governo do Laos assumiu no ano passado os comandos do casino, retirando as operações das mãos da Sanum Investments, depois de terem sido detectadas várias irregularidades. Seis empresas estão ainda na corrida pelo controlo do empreendimento. Alguns investidores de Macau especializados no universo do jogo e no mundo...
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An Italian prosecutor has called for more than two dozen top tennis players to be investigated by the Tennis Integrity Unit for possible links to betting rings. Roberto Di Martino has told the BBC that tennis authorities should be doing more with evidence he has gathered concerning at least...
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In previous GBGC newsletters I have highlighted that the negative publicity attached to problem gambling is likely to cause a decline in gambling overall. The Drink Aware campaign on the misuse of alcohol, along with negative publicity on binge drinking, has caused a decline in alcohol sales of 16%...
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The bookmaker Paddy Power is targeting minority ethnic communities with controversial fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs), according to a new analysis. The study, which uses Gambling Commission data, reveals that 61% of Paddy Power’s 349 betting shops are located in areas with above average levels of non-UK born population. The...
PROTECTING CLEAN ATHLETES FROM COMPETITION MANIPULATION WAS THE FOCUS OF A PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MEETING ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) AND INTERPOL IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, LAST WEEK. Another tangible result stemming from Olympic Agenda 2020, the meeting brought together key figures dealing with the national prevention of...
A court in Germany has ruled that the 20-license cap on sports betting licenses under the country’s Interstate Treaty on Gambling is illegal, a move that opens up the market to the rest of the European Union. The 5th Chamber of the Administrative Court of Wiesbaden found that the restriction to twenty...
The BBC’s Daily Politics has discussed how betting shops are the safest places to gamble in the UK. Chief Executive Malcolm George reported on the issue for the programme’s “SoapBox” feature, before debating with MP Kwasi Kwarteng and Baroness Prosser. In the film, Malcolm noted that anyone can buy...
As receitas do jogo VIP nos casinos de Macau caíram 19,35% no primeiro trimestre do ano, comparando com os mesmos meses de 2015, segundo dados oficiais divulgados hoje. Os grandes apostadores (jogo VIP) continuam a ser a origem da maioria das receitas dos casinos de Macau e tiveram um...
The Czech lower house has approved legislation to raise taxes on gambling firms and open the online market to foreign operators. Reuters reports that, as of next year, tax on slot machines will increase from 28% to 35%, with verticals including sports betting and lottery remaining at 23%. The...
Os dois melhores jogadores de badmínton do Japão, incluindo o novo número 2 do mundo, Kento Momota, estão em risco de falhar, por castigo, os Jogos Olímpicos do Rio de Janeiro. Os atletas do clube NTT East frequentaram, de forma ativa e repetida, casinos ilegais no Japão, um tipo de...
Advertisements for gambling would be treated like tobacco promotions and banned completely under a policy announced by the Greens. The Greens leader, Richard Di Natale, said on Friday the ban would “make it possible for people to sit down with their kids and watch a game of footy without...
Las Vegas Sands is paying a US$9 million fine to settle a regulatory investigation that painted an unflattering picture of the casino owner’s expansion into Macau. The resolution announced Thursday closes a Securities and Exchange Commission probe that began more than five years ago. The corruption case revolved around...
An Italian prosecutor has called for more than two dozen top tennis players to be investigated by the Tennis Integrity Unit for possible links to betting rings. Roberto Di Martino has told the BBC that tennis authorities should be doing more with evidence he has gathered concerning at least...
