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apostas em evento desportivo proibido E envolvimento de participante menor de idade. Apostas em universidades do estado De acordo com documentos publicados no site da NJDGE, foi apresentada uma queixa contra a PointsBet a 20 de junho de 2023. A queixa alegava que a empresa tinha permitido apostas num evento desportivo proibido, um jogo...
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A Betway Limited, empresa de jogos de fortuna ou azar online, vai pagar uma coima de 408.915 libras por fazer marketing nas páginas infantis do site do West Ham United Football Club. Os inquéritos da Comissão revelaram que, entre 14 de abril de 2020 e 6 de novembro 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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Sete casas de apostas vão ter de rever as suas licenças de jogo depois de terem permitido que um jovem de 16 anos fizesse uma aposta. No mês passado, agentes do Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, apoiados pela Gambling Commission e pela Trading Standards, efetuaram testes de verificação...
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Spain’s state-owned lottery is under fire after a 15-year-old was revealed as the winner of a €200k jackpot. This weekend, Spanish media revealed that Cosmin Rotariu, a 15-year-old Barcelona student, held a winning €200k ticket in the latest El Niño lottery draw. The lucky kid helpfully informed reporters that he purchased the...
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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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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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Kate Lampard, who also led Jimmy Savile and Yarl’s Wood inquiries, calls for ‘massive changes’ including end to male dominance Kate Lampard, who also led Jimmy Savile and Yarl’s Wood inquiries, calls for ‘massive changes’ including end to male dominance The chair of the UK’s leading gambling charity, who...