NOTÍCIAS

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...

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 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...

Las Vegas Sands is paying a US$9 million fine to settle a regulatory investigation that painted an unflattering picture of the casino owner’s expansion into Macau. The resolution announced Thursday closes a Securities and Exchange Commission probe that began more than five years ago. The corruption case revolved around...

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...

O Governo do Laos assumiu no ano passado os comandos do casino, retirando as operações das mãos da Sanum Investments, depois de terem sido detectadas várias irregularidades. Seis empresas estão ainda na corrida pelo controlo do empreendimento. Alguns investidores de Macau especializados no universo do jogo e no mundo...

Acordo de cooperação bilateral entre o SRIJ e a DGOJ Por ocasião da reunião semestral dos Reguladores do jogo online em que participam o Reino Unido, França, Itália, Portugal, Alemanha, Áustria e Espanha, que teve lugar em Viena nos passados dias 17 e 18 de março, o Serviço de...

Projetos de Regulamento para recolha de contributos O Projeto de Regulamento que define os Requisitos do Sistema Técnico do Jogo Online para as apostas desportivas à cota em que os jogadores jogam uns contra os outros (apostas cruzadas), aprovado por deliberação da Comissão de Jogos de 10 de Março...

An Italian prosecutor has called for more than two dozen top tennis players to be investigated by the Tennis Integrity Unit for possible links to betting rings. Roberto Di Martino has told the BBC that tennis authorities should be doing more with evidence he has gathered concerning at least...

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,...

Um estudo da Universidade Cidade de Hong Kong revela que as tríades ainda operam nas salas VIP dos casinos, embora de forma mais pacífica e segundo um modelo empresarial. A DICJ já negou estas conclusões. É certo que a sociedade de Macau já não se vê confrontada com os...

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...