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Two men have been ordered to pay over £32,000 in fines and legal costs to Kingston Council following a crackdown on illegal gambling at a London private members’ club. Nicholas Clark and Luke Flack pleaded guilty to gambling offences at Kingston Crown Court on Friday 29 April. The offence...
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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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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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Bookmaker Paddy Power encouraged a problem gambler to keep betting until he lost five jobs, his home and access to his children, according to a report by the Gambling Commission. The company also failed to perform sufficient checks to ensure customers were not using its betting machines to launder the...
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Yet another blow to the city’s gambling junket industry Police in Macau are probing the theft of HK$99.7 million from a VIP gaming room at one of the city’s casinos. The company’s executive director Angela Leong On-kei reported the alleged theft from SJM Holdings’ L’Arc Macau casino to police...
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Police have smashed an illegal betting syndicate in Macau for allegedly taking the equivalent of US$645 million in bets on World Cup matches. It’s believed to be the biggest ever raid on an illicit football bookmaking racket in the Asian casino capital, according to police. The gambling ring used...
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Enfield council successfully prosecutes poker den operator for money-laundering as number of illegal gambling clubs grows At least 10 illegal poker dens have been forced to close down as local authorities, backed by the Gambling Commission, have turned tough. Now, in the latest skirmish between the illegal poker world...
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Seis casinos clandestinos desmantelados, milhares de máquinas de jogo, computadores e outro material apreendidos, num total de quase seis milhões de euros, são as marcas do jogo ilícito em Portugal que está a aumentar, segundo dados da ASAE. Nos primeiros nove meses deste ano, o montante movimentado com o...
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O jogo ilegal em Portugal movimenta valores na ordem dos 730 milhões de euros anuais, tendo a Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica (ASAE) desmantelado quatro casinos clandestinos nos últimos dois anos e apreendido milhares de peças. Em entrevista à agência Lusa, o presidente da ASAE revelou que, desde...