Jogo Problemático

No primeiro ano de actividade do jogo online regulado em Portugal registaram-se cerca de 588 mil jogadores, dos quais 11,5 mil pediram para ser impedidos de jogar. É no distrito do Porto que residem mais apostadores (21,5% do total). No final de Junho passado, completado cerca de um ano...

Os pedidos de exclusão das salas de jogo de Macau tiveram uma quebra de 15,5 por cento do primeiro para o segundo trimestre, de acordo com os dados revelados pela Direcção de Inspecção e Coordenação de Jogos, ontem citados pela Rádio Macau. Enquanto que nos primeiros três meses do...

Ladbrokes could face an investigation from the gambling regulator over an incident in which confidential information about betting addicts, including photos, names and addresses, was found in a bin bag on the street. The Gambling Commission said it was looking into the bookmaker’s compliance with data protection laws after a passer-by found...

Sitting on the toilet, Chris Stringman stared intently at the rows of flashing numbers on the computer screen in front of him. It was 6.30pm. Downstairs, his partner, Claudia, was cooking dinner after a long day at the primary school where they both worked as teachers. Now Chris had...

The online gambling industry is facing a clampdown after the UK competition watchdog accused companies of unfairly treating customers and potentially breaking consumer law. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said people were not getting the deal they expected from sign-up promotions and operators were unfairly holding on to customers’ money....

If you had been away from the planet for the past quarter of a century, one of the few things you might find comfortingly familiar on your return is the world of sport. While the digital revolution has transformed the way we shop, chat, date, do politics and consume...

A segurança nos casinos do território vai ser reforçada. As autoridades estiveram reunidas com as operadoras na sequência do ataque da passada sexta-feira na capital das Filipinas. O homem que incendiou um casino tinha dívidas de jogo. As autoridades de Macau vão reforçar a segurança nos casinos do território,...

British gamblers lost a record £13.8bn in the year ending September 2016, including an all-time high of £1.82bn on controversial fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs). The figures, released by the industry regulator the Gambling Commission, come just weeks before a long-awaited government review of the industry is due to be published. The review has seen...

Online gambling company 888 is being investigated by the industry regulator, which has the power to strip betting firms of their licence to do business, amid concern over the tools it uses to help problem gamblers. The Gambling Commission is examining 888’s “self-exclusion” regime, a system betting firms use to allow...

The Football Association is “considering” its relationship with gambling firms and alcohol companies, says the governing body’s chairman. Greg Clarke has ordered a report into whether it is appropriate to have official partnerships with gambling and betting. “The sport has a duty to consider and ask itself what is...

Os jogos sociais do Estado, explorados pela Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, continuam a ver as suas receitas crescer a dois dígitos. A Raspadinha é a preferida dos portugueses, com 3,7 milhões de euros em apostas por dia. As vendas dos Jogos Santa Casa atingiram os 2.775 milhões...

Jim Duffy says he has had to bail out players many times during his football management career following financial problems caused by gambling. The Greenock Morton boss has previously been in charge of Falkirk, Dundee, Hibernian, Brechin City and Clyde, plus a spell as Norwich City caretaker. Duffy has...

A FA explicou que a suspensão de 18 meses aplicada ao médio do Burnely Joey Barton, de 34 anos, por participação em apostas desportivas, foi a menor possível refletindo todas as realizadas Em comunicado, a FA especificou que Barton realizou 1.260 apostas, avaliadas em 205.784 libras (cerca de 243.000...

Experts are warning that the UK must face up to the scale of its gambling problem with a lack of research, and industry influence, preventing proper scrutiny of a growing national habit. Joey Barton’s 18-month suspension from football on betting-related charges, and the player’s response in which he spoke of an...

The Macau authorities issued – during the period from May 9, 2016, to April 16 this year – a total of 71 verbal cautions to casino patrons for their alleged violation of an instruction banning use of telephones while at any of the city’s gaming tables, the city’s gaming regulator told GGRAsia...