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After a long and laborious wait, the European Commission finally rubber-stamped a technical framework from the Serviços de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos allowing them to start negotiating with other European regulators on a shared online poker liquidity scheme. The sorry saga for online poker pros trying to ply...
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The Gambling Commission, which regulates all betting and gaming in the UK, has delivered a damning verdict on the gambling industry’s procedures for resolving complaints and disputes and warned that operators must act now to halt a sharp decline in the number of customers who believe gambling “is fair...
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Australia’s federal government wants to harmonize state-level online sports betting point-of-consumption taxes (POCT), potentially dealing a blow to the Northern Territory’s status as the country’s premier online licensing jurisdiction. On Friday, Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison (pictured) held a meeting with his state and territory counterparts to discuss the upcoming...
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A growing number of Polish-facing online gambling operators are racing for the border ahead of new regulatory restrictions that take effect on April 1. Last December, Poland’s legislature approved the amended Polish Gambling Act, which imposes new domain- and payment-blocking measures on online operators who lack a Polish gaming...
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Quadro legislativo Estado: Lei declarada à data de 01-Nov-2016 | Jurisdição: Portugal Conteúdos Quadro legislativo da regulação do jogo Visão geral Autoridades reguladoras Jogos de base territorial Regulação/licenciamento Jogos online Regulação/licenciamento B2B e B2C Jogos móveis e jogos interactivos Jogos sociais Dívidas de jogo Impostos Publicidade Desenvolvimentos e reformas...
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Legislative framework of gambling regulation ◊ Status: Law stated as at 01-Nov-2016 | Jurisdiction: England, Wales Contents ♦ Legislative framework of gambling regulation ◊ Overview ◊ Definitions of gambling ◊ Regulatory authorities ◊ Gambling products ♦ Land-based gambling ◊ Regulation/licensing ♦ Online gambling ◊ Regulation/licensing...
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Legislative framework of gambling regulation ◊ Status: Law stated as at 01-Oct-2016 | Jurisdiction: France Contents ♦ Legislative framework of gambling regulation ◊ Overview ◊ Definitions of gambling ◊ Regulatory authorities ◊ Gambling products ♦ Land-based gambling ◊ Regulation/licensing ♦ Online gambling ◊ Regulation/licensing...
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Lottoland has filed an application to have its own lottery in several German federal states in order to challenge the German lottery monopoly and become the first private lottery operator of a major lottery in the country. The company’s new German lottery system will resembles that of the German...
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The longstanding relationship between the government of the Republic of Cyprus and betting operator OPAP is rapidly coming apart at the seams. On Monday, the Cyprus Mail reported that Cypriot attorney-general Costas Clerides had ordered a police investigation into OPAP after the Greek lottery and betting operator declined to...
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A betting loophole that allows gambling websites to offer cut-price bets on the EuroMillions lottery draw is intended to be closed by the government as it takes “money away from good causes”. Although the Gambling Act prohibits betting on National Lottery games, websites get around the law by offering...
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Kenya-based online sports betting operator SportPesa topped a recent list of what the country’s residents are looking up on Google. The Standard reported that six of the top-10 sites on Google’s rising search queries in Kenya over the first two months of 2017 belonged to betting companies. SportPesa’s Kenyan...
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In October 2016, the world saw the most powerful Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack ever registered in cyber history. The destructive Mirai botnet brought down sites including Twitter, the Guardian, Netflix, Reddit, CNN and many others in Europe and the United States after it hit the servers of...
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A court has ruled that Czech Republic’s plan to block unauthorized online gambling domains is constitutional. This month saw the launch of PokerStars.cz, the Czech Republic’s first licensed online poker and casino operator since the country’s new regulated online gambling market took effect on January 1. While many international...
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A escassas duas horas do Feirense-Rio Ave, (com início às 05:00 em Macau) a Placard, operadora da Santa Casa da Misericórdia no que às apostas desportivas diz respeito, suspendeu todas as apostas relativas àquele jogo. A decisão deveu-se a um movimento “desusado” de jogadores inclinados para a vitória do...
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Two men who admitted breaching gambling laws over a website that allowed children to bet on Premier League football matches using a virtual currency earned in the video game Fifa have been ordered to pay fines and costs. Dylan Rigby, 33, and Craig Douglas, 32, pleaded guilty to breaches...
After a long and laborious wait, the European Commission finally rubber-stamped a technical framework from the Serviços de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos allowing them to start negotiating with other European regulators on a shared online poker liquidity scheme. The sorry saga for online poker pros trying to ply...
The Gambling Commission, which regulates all betting and gaming in the UK, has delivered a damning verdict on the gambling industry’s procedures for resolving complaints and disputes and warned that operators must act now to halt a sharp decline in the number of customers who believe gambling “is fair...
Australia’s federal government wants to harmonize state-level online sports betting point-of-consumption taxes (POCT), potentially dealing a blow to the Northern Territory’s status as the country’s premier online licensing jurisdiction. On Friday, Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison (pictured) held a meeting with his state and territory counterparts to discuss the upcoming...
A growing number of Polish-facing online gambling operators are racing for the border ahead of new regulatory restrictions that take effect on April 1. Last December, Poland’s legislature approved the amended Polish Gambling Act, which imposes new domain- and payment-blocking measures on online operators who lack a Polish gaming...
Legislative framework of gambling regulation ◊ Status: Law stated as at 01-Oct-2016 | Jurisdiction: France Contents ♦ Legislative framework of gambling regulation ◊ Overview ◊ Definitions of gambling ◊ Regulatory authorities ◊ Gambling products ♦ Land-based gambling ◊ Regulation/licensing ♦ Online gambling ◊ Regulation/licensing...
Lottoland has filed an application to have its own lottery in several German federal states in order to challenge the German lottery monopoly and become the first private lottery operator of a major lottery in the country. The company’s new German lottery system will resembles that of the German...
The longstanding relationship between the government of the Republic of Cyprus and betting operator OPAP is rapidly coming apart at the seams. On Monday, the Cyprus Mail reported that Cypriot attorney-general Costas Clerides had ordered a police investigation into OPAP after the Greek lottery and betting operator declined to...
Kenya-based online sports betting operator SportPesa topped a recent list of what the country’s residents are looking up on Google. The Standard reported that six of the top-10 sites on Google’s rising search queries in Kenya over the first two months of 2017 belonged to betting companies. SportPesa’s Kenyan...
In October 2016, the world saw the most powerful Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack ever registered in cyber history. The destructive Mirai botnet brought down sites including Twitter, the Guardian, Netflix, Reddit, CNN and many others in Europe and the United States after it hit the servers of...
A court has ruled that Czech Republic’s plan to block unauthorized online gambling domains is constitutional. This month saw the launch of PokerStars.cz, the Czech Republic’s first licensed online poker and casino operator since the country’s new regulated online gambling market took effect on January 1. While many international...
A escassas duas horas do Feirense-Rio Ave, (com início às 05:00 em Macau) a Placard, operadora da Santa Casa da Misericórdia no que às apostas desportivas diz respeito, suspendeu todas as apostas relativas àquele jogo. A decisão deveu-se a um movimento “desusado” de jogadores inclinados para a vitória do...
Two men who admitted breaching gambling laws over a website that allowed children to bet on Premier League football matches using a virtual currency earned in the video game Fifa have been ordered to pay fines and costs. Dylan Rigby, 33, and Craig Douglas, 32, pleaded guilty to breaches...
