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A former gaming analyst from Denmark has started what he says is the world’s first online gambling site for betting on share movements. And the government is keen to jump into the venture as stock-market watching goes mainstream. …“We are highly committed to following new trends in the gaming...
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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)...
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The Secretary for Administration and Justice said that Macau needs to abolish half of the 1,200 laws and regulations inherited from the Portuguese era that are no longer suitable to the international city the SAR has become. In a recent interview with Exmoo News, Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said...
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Andy Murray finds it “hypocritical” that tennis authorities are trying to stamp out match-fixing run by gambling syndicates but have partnered with a major gambling company that is now advertising on the Australian Open’s show courts. The two issues are separate but have collided at this year’s Australian Open,...
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Sporting reputations are tumbling so fast, I doubt even Usain Bolt can keep up with them. We’ve had match-fixing in cricket and snooker, corruption in football, and doping in cycling, rugby, baseball and athletics. Now it’s the turn of tennis – and back to fixing matches. A joint Buzzfeed-BBC investigation...
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Texas became the latest state to declare that daily fantasy sports sites violate state law, the state’s attorney general wrote in an opinion released on Tuesday. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote “that a court would likely determine participation in daily fantasy sports leagues is illegal gambling” under state law....
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A receita nos casinos subiu em 2015 para 288 milhões (+8%) após um ciclo sempre a cair A retoma chegou aos casinos. Após um ciclo de perdas sucessivas, o jogo nos 11 casinos portugueses entrou em 2015 em modo de prosperidade. A receita apurada foi 288 milhões de euros...
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Responding to a resident’s comment that “gambling is 90 percent a scam”, newly appointed Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) Director Paulo Martins Chan said that the government would do its best to minimise any possible negative impact that the gaming industry may have on civil society. The director,...
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The decision to restrict player liquidity in Portugal, as reported back in December, has resulted in members of ANAon—the Portuguese Player Association—angrily declaring that they will boycott nationally regulated online poker rooms. That is, unless the regulator agrees to shared international player liquidity—which does not look very likely at...
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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...
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In its bid to strengthen the integrity and credibility of sport and for the successful protection of clean athletes, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today published the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions. A first of its kind, the Code aims to provide the...
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Zurich, Switzerland – Corruption, fraud, money laundering, back handers, cheating, doping, state-sponsored doping (allegedly), match-fixing, spot-fixing, self-interest and greed – greedy, corrupt old men. That has been sport in the year 2015. Having covered the relentless succession of sports scandals for Al Jazeera this year, let me first acknowledge a...
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NUMA INICIATIVA SEM PRECEDENTES, NA CONFERÊNCIA SOBRE CONFORMIDADE DO JOGO REALIZADA EM LISBOA NA SEGUNDA-FEIRA, A DIRETORA DO SRIJ E RESPONSÁVEL PELO JOGO ONLINE, MANUELA BANDEIRA, ANUNCIOU QUE O PÓQUER ONLINE REGULAMENTADO EM PORTUGAL SERÁ SEGREGADO. Trata-se de um rude golpe para os jogadores portugueses e para os operadores...
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Regulations for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games 2016 On 8 December 2015, the IOC Executive Board approved the Regulations for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games 2016 on the prevention of the manipulation of Olympic competitions. Regulations for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games 2016 REDE DE...
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Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions On 8 December 2015, the IOC Executive Board approved the first edition of the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions on the prevention of the manipulation of Olympic competitions. Olympic Movement Code on...