Jogo Problemático

Ministers have launched a review of the gambling industry, including fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) that have been accused of being highly addictive. The review was announced by Tracey Crouch, the sport minister, who said it would consider the maximum stakes and prizes for gaming machines. It will look...

A system set up by bookmakers to address problem gambling is in disarray, according to campaigners, after a report exposed vast differences in how firms apply the measures. The report, produced by accountancy group PwC and seen by the Guardian, found flaws in how betting shops use “player awareness...

Rhododendron was a hugely impressive winner of the Fillies’ Mile on the opening day of Future Champions Weekend here on Friday, but as the applause died away, the background noise was the sound of racing’s administrators preparing to fight tooth and nail to stop any plan by the government...

O tenista francês Constant Lestienne foi suspenso por sete meses e multado em 8900 euros por fazer apostas no ténis, revelou esta quarta-feira a Unidade de Integridade no Ténis (UTI). O jogador, de 24 anos e 164.º no ‘ranking’ mundial, fez apostas em 220 encontros de ténis (nenhum que...

Online gambling by teenage boys across Europe is becoming a huge public health concern with one in eight now gambling frequently, according to a Europe-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,...

Em Portugal deve haver entre 15 a 20 mil viciados em jogo, uma dependência que pode demorar até 10 anos a desenvolver-se, de acordo com especialistas presentes numa conferência internacional sobre jogo que esta quarta-feira começou em Lisboa. Sob o tema “Desenvolvimento do invisível e desconhecido: pesquisa, responsabilidade e...

This personal and brave investigation by a woman whose partner killed himself after becoming addicted to gambling showed how our high streets have become gaming arcades of misery Go to any high street in the country – apart from perhaps the really posh ones, in very affluent places –...

While Canberrans are spending significantly less on gambling than they were five years ago, problem gambling remains entrenched and almost half of losses come from problem gamblers, a new study has found. Overall, gambling losses have dropped significantly in five years in Canberra, from $288 million in 2008–09 to...

Não é nenhuma surpresa saber que quase metade de todas as perdas em jogos de azar no Território da Capital Australiana são incorridas por um número relativamente pequeno de “jogadores problemáticos”. Isto está muito alinhado com o que acontece em outros lugares da Austrália e no exterior. A estatística...

An ad for bookmaker Ladbrokes featuring the popular superhero Iron Man has been banned over fears it would appeal to children. The email promoting the Ladbrokes casino featured an image of Iron Man and the text: “Enjoy this exclusive Ladbrokes welcome offer with Iron Man 3.” Ladbrokes said all its email offers...

Astonishing acts of self-mutilation afflicting both the Government and Opposition have so dominated the news that serious damage being done to society as a whole has been all but ignored. Thus the latest details of the sums sucked out of the pockets of Britons by the gambling industry slipped...

Tom Lippa says his elderly mother Elfriede was once “a vibrant woman” who was living in her own condo in Victoria and would visit his sister every day to walk her dog. But unbeknown to Lippa and his sister, their mother, now 91, would go to the View Royal Casino after those...

Novadic-Kentron, in collaboration with E-ASSYST, agog and Janshen-Hahnraths-Group / Fair Play Casinos (FPC) developed an app for the prevention of gambling problems. This app is based on the already existing Prof. treatment model Dr. Peeters (Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen). The app has been developed for a wide range...

Players from French first-division club Nice have been suspended and fined for betting on French league games. Top-scorer Valere Germain, center halves Kevin Gomis and Olivier Boscagli and forward Alexandre Mendy were handed two-game suspensions with one game suspended by the French football league’s disciplinary committee. They were each fined...

Patients May Be at Risk of Substantial Economic Losses, Psychological Distress Several studies have linked the antipsychotic medication Abilify to the development of compulsive gambling in patients taking the drug, reports the national law firm of Baron & Budd. Patients on Abilify who have suffered economic losses due to...