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A empresa de jogo foi multada em 400.000 libras depois do anúncio ter sido exibido numa página web onde jovens adeptos foram convidados a colorir em ursinhos de peluche. A empresa de jogos online Betway foi multada em mais de £400.000 após ter sido encontrado o seu conteúdo de...
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A Centralförbundet för Alkohol-och Narkotikaupplysning (CAN), a agência central da Suécia que monitoriza os comportamentos de dependência, alertou para um risco mais elevado de prevalência nos adolescentes que são atraídos para o jogo. A advertência segue-se a um estudo realizado por investigadores da CAN, que pesquisou 24.000 estudantes que...
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Numa tentativa de minimizar o número de jogadores menores de idade que acedem aos seus produtos de jogo, a operadora dinamarquesa Danske Spil implementou novos requisitos de identificação nas suas instalações de revenda. Os cartões físicos e eletrónicos, serão usados como um meio de identificar jogadores e clientes que...
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MGM Springfield is surpassing early expectations in terms of the number of people visiting Massachusetts’ first casino resort. But MGM casino executives admit that they’ve had issues with minors finding their way onto the gaming floor, which is not exactly the most comforting news to area residents. MGM Springfield president...
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China will restrict the number of video games and take steps to curb playing time by minors to address growing rates of childhood visual impairment as the government steps up its crackdown on the world’s biggest online gaming market. A statement posted on the Education Ministry website late on Thursday...
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Betting firms face a crackdown on breaches of advertising rules and consumer law in a drive to ensure fairer treatment for gamblers. From October the Gambling Commission will have powers to impose unlimited fines for promotional campaigns that appeal to children or glamorise gambling. The watchdog will also introduce an eight-week...
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Para impedir que atinja os menores de idade, de acordo com o último Barómetro Audiovisual da Andaluzia. 75% dos andaluzes são a favor de regulamentação específica sobre a publicidade do jogo e apostas online para evitar que atinja os menores, de acordo com o mais recente Barómetro Audiovisual da...
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Adverts on a gambling website for games called Fairytale Legends and Fairies Forest have been banned because of the likelihood that they would appeal to children. The m88.com website promoted three games – Fairytale Legends Red Riding Hood, Fairytale Legends Hansel and Gretel, and Fairies Forest – in January....
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Yesterday, the Belgian minister of justice, Koen Geens, announced the result of an investigation that the country’s Gaming Commission conducted into video game “loot boxes”, a mechanic that lets players pay real money for a chance at winning virtual items. It found that three popular games – Overwatch, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive...
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No ano passado, 430 mil menores de 21 anos foram impedidos de entrar nos casinos de Macau, informou a Rádio Macau, que cita dados revelados pela Direcção de Inspecção e Coordenação de Jogos. Comparativamente a 2016 foi registado um aumento de 23% do número de casos anuais, sendo que...
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The company behind thousands of the UK’s fixed-odds betting terminals(FOBTs) is offering gambling-style apps on Facebook without age checks, prompting allegations that children are being exposed to the risk of addiction. Earlier this month, the industry watchdog warned that more than 60,000 children were either gambling addicts or were in danger of...
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About 25,000 children aged between 11 and 16 are problem gamblers, with many learning to bet via computer games and social media, according to a report that has prompted warnings that Britain is “sleepwalking into a future public health storm”. In its annual survey of youth gambling (pdf), industry regulator the Gambling Commission...
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A presidente da principal instituição de caridade de jogo do Reino Unido, que anteriormente liderou o inquérito sobre o papel do NHS no escândalo de abuso infantil de Jimmy Savile, disse que ficou chocada com as atitudes da indústria em relação às preocupações com o jogo problemático . Kate...
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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...
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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 aEurope-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, reveal...
A empresa de jogo foi multada em 400.000 libras depois do anúncio ter sido exibido numa página web onde jovens adeptos foram convidados a colorir em ursinhos de peluche. A empresa de jogos online Betway foi multada em mais de £400.000 após ter sido encontrado o seu conteúdo de...
A Centralförbundet för Alkohol-och Narkotikaupplysning (CAN), a agência central da Suécia que monitoriza os comportamentos de dependência, alertou para um risco mais elevado de prevalência nos adolescentes que são atraídos para o jogo. A advertência segue-se a um estudo realizado por investigadores da CAN, que pesquisou 24.000 estudantes que...
Numa tentativa de minimizar o número de jogadores menores de idade que acedem aos seus produtos de jogo, a operadora dinamarquesa Danske Spil implementou novos requisitos de identificação nas suas instalações de revenda. Os cartões físicos e eletrónicos, serão usados como um meio de identificar jogadores e clientes que...
MGM Springfield is surpassing early expectations in terms of the number of people visiting Massachusetts’ first casino resort. But MGM casino executives admit that they’ve had issues with minors finding their way onto the gaming floor, which is not exactly the most comforting news to area residents. MGM Springfield president...
China will restrict the number of video games and take steps to curb playing time by minors to address growing rates of childhood visual impairment as the government steps up its crackdown on the world’s biggest online gaming market. A statement posted on the Education Ministry website late on Thursday...
Betting firms face a crackdown on breaches of advertising rules and consumer law in a drive to ensure fairer treatment for gamblers. From October the Gambling Commission will have powers to impose unlimited fines for promotional campaigns that appeal to children or glamorise gambling. The watchdog will also introduce an eight-week...
Para impedir que atinja os menores de idade, de acordo com o último Barómetro Audiovisual da Andaluzia. 75% dos andaluzes são a favor de regulamentação específica sobre a publicidade do jogo e apostas online para evitar que atinja os menores, de acordo com o mais recente Barómetro Audiovisual da...
Adverts on a gambling website for games called Fairytale Legends and Fairies Forest have been banned because of the likelihood that they would appeal to children. The m88.com website promoted three games – Fairytale Legends Red Riding Hood, Fairytale Legends Hansel and Gretel, and Fairies Forest – in January....
Yesterday, the Belgian minister of justice, Koen Geens, announced the result of an investigation that the country’s Gaming Commission conducted into video game “loot boxes”, a mechanic that lets players pay real money for a chance at winning virtual items. It found that three popular games – Overwatch, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive...
No ano passado, 430 mil menores de 21 anos foram impedidos de entrar nos casinos de Macau, informou a Rádio Macau, que cita dados revelados pela Direcção de Inspecção e Coordenação de Jogos. Comparativamente a 2016 foi registado um aumento de 23% do número de casos anuais, sendo que...
The company behind thousands of the UK’s fixed-odds betting terminals(FOBTs) is offering gambling-style apps on Facebook without age checks, prompting allegations that children are being exposed to the risk of addiction. Earlier this month, the industry watchdog warned that more than 60,000 children were either gambling addicts or were in danger of...
About 25,000 children aged between 11 and 16 are problem gamblers, with many learning to bet via computer games and social media, according to a report that has prompted warnings that Britain is “sleepwalking into a future public health storm”. In its annual survey of youth gambling (pdf), industry regulator the Gambling Commission...
A presidente da principal instituição de caridade de jogo do Reino Unido, que anteriormente liderou o inquérito sobre o papel do NHS no escândalo de abuso infantil de Jimmy Savile, disse que ficou chocada com as atitudes da indústria em relação às preocupações com o jogo problemático . Kate...
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...
Online gambling by teenage boys across Europe is becoming a huge public health concern with one in eight now gambling frequently, according to aEurope-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, reveal...
