Jogo Problemático

The Friday morning discussion of new referrals to the National Problem Gambling clinic provides a sharp picture of why pathological gambling is such a catastrophe for those who become addicted and their families. Medical staff gather in an airy upstairs room of the Fulham, south-west London clinic and take...

Jogo Problemático Definição O Jogo Problemático (com vários graus de severidade) ocorre quando uma pessoa joga compulsivamente a tal ponto que o jogo tem um efeito negativo grave no seu trabalho, relações, saúde mental, ou outros aspetos importantes da vida. A pessoa pode continuar a jogar mesmo depois de...

O representante do Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos do Turismo de Portugal Paulo Lopes disse hoje que recebe pedidos diários de uma a duas pessoas a solicitarem ser proibidas de entrar nos casinos. “Recebo uma média de um ou dois jogadores por dia a pedir para os...

William Hill called for investors to attend a trading update and online review on 23 March. The results at Cheltenham had been awful, the worst in living memory according to James Henderson, William Hills Chief Executive. Then the surprise: social responsibility measures had caused the company to see 3,000...

Advertisements for gambling would be treated like tobacco promotions and banned completely under a policy announced by the Greens. The Greens leader, Richard Di Natale, said on Friday the ban would “make it possible for people to sit down with their kids and watch a game of footy without...

A new regulatory system meant to allow staff at betting shops to identify and bar problem gamblers has been criticised as ineffectual by addicts and campaigners. From this week bookmakers will have to conduct local area risk assessments to explain how they are going to mitigate crime and the...

In previous GBGC newsletters I have highlighted that the negative publicity attached to problem gambling is likely to cause a decline in gambling overall. The Drink Aware campaign on the misuse of alcohol, along with negative publicity on binge drinking, has caused a decline in alcohol sales of 16%...

The bookmaker Paddy Power is targeting minority ethnic communities with controversial fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs), according to a new analysis. The study, which uses Gambling Commission data, reveals that 61% of Paddy Power’s 349 betting shops are located in areas with above average levels of non-UK born population. The...

Os menores portugueses fazem apostas desportivas em dinheiro tanto através da internet como presencialmente. 4% dos miúdos já o fizeram online e 2% recorrendo ao sistema territorial. Os negócios online (compra e venda) também começam cedo. Os dados constam do relatório sobre consumos e comportamentos aditivos do SICAD, que,...

When Paddy Power launched a new advertising campaign with the tagline “You’re Welcome!” last year, its chief marketing officer told a trade magazine that “the Paddy Power brand has always been about two things – being as generous as we can with our customers, and behaving in a mischievous...

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...

The Judiciary Police (PJ) recorded 1,553 gaming-related crimes in 2015, a year-on-year increase of 38 percent, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced on Monday. Addressing a press conference at his office in Cotai to announce last year’s crime figures, the policy secretary said that last year’s total number...

Apesar de ter pedido à Inspecção de Jogos que o proibisse de aceder a qualquer sala de jogos do país, poucos dias depois voltou à sala de jogos do casino do Estoril, onde gastou por vezes mais de quatro mil euros por dia. O Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (STJ)...

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...

The chips are being counted, the roulette wheels prepared, the gaming machines readied. From next week, the doors of the UK’s newest and shiniest casino will be thrown open, giving up to 2,000 people at any one time the chance to try their luck on the turn of a...