Jogo Problemático

Scottish football’s relationship with the gambling industry should be reviewed, according to a fans’ group. It comes in the wake of Burnley midfielder Joey Barton’s ban from football for 18 months after admitting a betting charge. The Scottish Football Supporters Association says the sport may need to “adjust its...

Gambling companies should refuse to take bets from “vulnerable” footballers because they are easy targets, says ex-Stoke winger Matthew Etherington. The 35-year-old lost £1.5m at the height of his gambling addiction. He sympathises with Burnley midfielder Joey Barton, who admitted suffering from the problem on Wednesday after being banned...

Can you put a price on misery? When it comes to problem gambling the answer, apparently, is yes. A team of economists has calculated that if the UK’s hundreds of thousands of problem gamblers were to be cured of their addictions, the boost to the nation’s collective happiness would be equivalent...

The Department of Justice have recently announced that Absolute Poker is to compensate players through a claims process similar to that of Full Tilt, which is part of an ongoing civil complaint settlement following the events of online poker’s “Black Friday” in 2011. In April 2011, the U.S. Department...

É o jogo de sorte ou azar em que os portugueses mais apostam. Há Raspadinhas de um, dois, três euros, mas de cinco, nem vê-las. Há mais de um mês que desapareceram. A Santa Casa explica a razão. A Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (SCML) tem vários jogos,...

O aumento do acesso ao crédito na República Popular da China é visto pelo jornal Wall Street Journal como a principal razão para a recuperação acentuada da indústria do jogo. A publicação alerta assim os investidores a terem cautela porque considera as actuais condições do mercado voláteis. A maior...

American casino industry groups are pleading with congressional leaders not to purge problem gambling support funds from President Donald Trump’s health care plan. Earlier this month, the heads of the American Gaming Association (AGA), National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) and the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) sent a...

Problem gambling costs the UK up to £1.2bn according to a report by charity GambleAware, with spending related to police intervention, mental health services and homelessness putting pressure on the system. The charity warned of the “narrow” focus on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs), known as the “crack cocaine of...

The man tipped to lead the UK’s second-biggest bookmaker has broken ranks with the industry by offering support for a curb on TV gambling adverts. Betting companies have largely rejected suggestions that their ads are seen by too many vulnerable people and children, but William Hill’s finance director said he understood people’s...

A Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação da UP tem um serviço de consulta psicológica especializado nos comportamentos aditivos e nas dependências. O jogo está entre os principais problemas dos utentes. O apoio aos comportamentos aditivos tem permitido a sinergia entre o saber académico e a intervenção, colocando o...

Problem gambling experts have criticised rival factions of the betting industry for waging a “selfish” war of words to protect their own interests amid the threat of tighter regulation. The UK’s leading gambling charity also warned that a “narrow” focus on controversial fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs), potentially ignoring online betting...

Problem gambling costs the UK up to £1.2bn a year, according to a report that its authors say should serve as a “wakeup call” to the government. The report, commissioned by charity GambleAware and written by the IPPR thinktank, charts the costs associated with problem gambling, such as mental health...

The founder of Paddy Power Betfair, Britain’s biggest bookmaker, privately lobbied against betting machines frequently dubbed the “crack cocaine” of gambling, it has emerged. Stewart Kenny, the former chief executive of the betting giant he founded, wrote that there was “no public demand” for fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs), on...

Nearly half a million children a week gamble and 9,000 are problem gamblers, according to a study by the industry regulator. The Gambling Commission’s Young People and Gambling report(pdf) found that while rates of smoking, drinking and drug-taking among children have declined, gambling rates have remained largely static, with 450,000 11-...

Residents of New Jersey voted overwhelmingly against a ballot measure Tuesday that would allow for the construction of two casinos outside of Atlantic City. With over 2.8 million votes cast, the “No’s” destroyed the “Yes’s” 2,201,768 to 633,034. Casino gambling was legalized in New Jersey in 1976, but restricted...