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Those that play at the PokerStars Casino may notice a new tab at the top of the client. In addition to Blackjack, Roulette, Baccarat and other table games, Video Poker is now available in select markets and presumably will be rolled out further in the near future. PokerStars first...

A large Las Vegas-style casino opened near Birmingham last month, but what happened to Labour’s plans to create a new generation of gambling venues across the UK? It was billed as a massive expansion of Britain’s casino industry by the Blair government, but soon hit the buffers. Plans for...

It wasn’t so long ago that poker was illegal in Catalonia. But Barcelona is rapidly styling itself as the game’s European capital, and is second only to Las Vegas as the most popular destination for the world’s top players. This weekend, 93 players sat down to the European Poker...

Os tenistas italianos Potito Starace e Daniele Bracciali foram irradiados esta sexta-feira pela Federação italiana de ténis, acusados de corrupção e manipulação de resultados. Starace, de 34 anos, foi também condenado a pagar 20 mil euros de coima, enquanto Bracciali, de 37 anos, em 40 mil euros. Apesar da...

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...

FinCEN has many important responsibilities but one of its more interesting assignments is oversight of anti-money laundering compliance by casinos (and card clubs). Casinos are under increasing scrutiny these days for lax AML compliance. In March 2015, FinCEN imposed a $10 million penalty on Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic...

The 2016 edition of the collection “Ethics” The 2016 edition of the collection “Ethics” includes the IOC Code of Ethics and all its implementing provisions, including the Rules of Conduct for the Candidature Process Olympic Games 2024, the Rules Concerning Conflicts of Interests, the Basic Universal Principles of Good...

Las Vegas, the city so lit up that some astronauts report its famous central strip is the brightest spot on earth, is trying to change course. The neon lights of its early years are being replaced by LED screens and the casinos and hotels are cutting their energy and...

Entre Janeiro e Março, as receitas da operadora de jogo fundada por Stanley Ho caíram 22,8 por cento, para os 11 016 milhões de dólares de Hong Kong. No primeiro trimestre, a SJM apurou lucros de 561 milhões, um valor 44,1 por cento menor do que o angariado em...

On 15 April 2015, a Special Event was organized by UNODC and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS). The event was opened by the Executive Director of UNODC, the Secretary-General of the Thirteenth Congress and the President of the International Centre for Sport Security, in the presence of...

FIRST INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR SPORTS INTEGRITY ADOPTS ROADMAP FOR FUTURE ACTION TO PROTECT CLEAN ATHLETES IOC launches whistle-blower hotline for competition manipulation and other ethical issues that threaten the integrity of sport Another Olympic Agenda 2020 recommendation was implemented today when the International Forum for Sports Integrity (IFSI) met...

Ireland’s stalled plan to tax online gambling has been sent to the president to be signed into law, finance minister Michael Noonan said on Thursday, clearing the way to begin imposing the levy on bookmakers this year. The new tax comes as Paddy Power and other major bookmakers such...

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on the manipulation of sports competitions with regard to matters related to substantive criminal law and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Match-fixing is widely regarded...

Foram precisas apenas seis semanas para as autoridades de Pequim, que estão a combater a corrupção, mostrarem aos chefes do jogo da cidade que não há garantias. Dizem que, quando se trata de casinos, a casa ganha sempre. Mas, enquanto os gigantes do jogo de Macau digerem os incríveis...

The decline in American gambling claimed one of the star companies in the industry as a division of financially troubled Caesars Entertainment will head to court in Chicago on Thursday to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Lawyers revealed the timing and location of the move in a legal...