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France’s beleaguered online poker market got a long-desired shot in the arm after politicians authorized liquidity sharing with other European Union regulated markets. France’s ring-fenced poker market has been in terminal decline for years but politicians steadfastly refused to grant requests by French regulator ARJEL to allow its licensees to...
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Atividade de jogo territorial 1º trimestre 2016 Já é possível consultar os dados relativos à atividade de jogo territorial do 1.º trimestre de 2016, em Portugal. Efetue o download aqui Mais informações sobre Estatísticas aqui Fonte: SRIJ REDE DE RESPONSABILIDADE SOCIAL ...
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The bookmaker Gala Coral has agreed with the gambling regulator to pay out nearly £880,000 after taking hundreds of thousands of pounds from a “VIP” problem gambler who was using the proceeds of theft to feed his habit. The Gambling Commission said Gala Coral had failed in its duty...
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A court in Germany has ruled that the 20-license cap on sports betting licenses under the country’s Interstate Treaty on Gambling is illegal, a move that opens up the market to the rest of the European Union. The 5th Chamber of the Administrative Court of Wiesbaden found that the restriction to twenty...
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The Czech lower house has approved legislation to raise taxes on gambling firms and open the online market to foreign operators. Reuters reports that, as of next year, tax on slot machines will increase from 28% to 35%, with verticals including sports betting and lottery remaining at 23%. The...
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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...
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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...
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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%...
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This week it emerged that Paddy Power was the subject of a Gambling Commission report that found the bookmaker had encouraged a gambler until he lost his home, five jobs and his family. The man was a frequent user of fixed odds betting terminals (Fobias) – roulette machines that...
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Racing’s long search for a sustainable funding system from betting on the sport may finally be drawing to a close, with the government expected to announce a new regime on Thursday which will capture all bets on British racing, whether these are placed in betting shops or online. Details...
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Bookmaker William Hill has announced a drop in operating profit of 22% for 2015, blaming gambling taxes imposed on its UK online and retail businesses. The company reported operating profits of £291.4m for last year, down from £372.2m in 2014. It said additional gambling duties of £87m resulted in...
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The Judiciary Police (PJ) recorded 1,553 gaming-related crimes in 2015, a year-on-year increase of 38 percent, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced on Monday. Addressing a press conference at his office in Cotai to announce last year’s crime figures, the policy secretary said that last year’s total number...
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Lawyers representing New Jersey went to court Wednesday and made their latest argument that the state should be allowed to offer sports betting at casinos and horse-racing tracks. Former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson — who led a legal team that represented President George W. Bush in the disputed 2000...
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In August 2015, a three-judge appellate court panel ruled against the state of New Jersey in the state’s ongoing push to legalize sports betting. It was nothing new for the Garden State, which has been trying to join an exclusive club of states where sports gambling is actually allowed...
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Em seis meses fecharam 86 sites que não cumpriam a nova lei do jogo online. Neste intervalo de tempo, 50 jogadores emigraram República Checa, Brasil, Hungria, Malta e Reino Unido. São estes os cinco destinos de meia centena de emigrantes especiais: são profissionais a jogar póquer online que desde...
France’s beleaguered online poker market got a long-desired shot in the arm after politicians authorized liquidity sharing with other European Union regulated markets. France’s ring-fenced poker market has been in terminal decline for years but politicians steadfastly refused to grant requests by French regulator ARJEL to allow its licensees to...
Atividade de jogo territorial 1º trimestre 2016 Já é possível consultar os dados relativos à atividade de jogo territorial do 1.º trimestre de 2016, em Portugal. Efetue o download aqui Mais informações sobre Estatísticas aqui Fonte: SRIJ REDE DE RESPONSABILIDADE SOCIAL ...
The bookmaker Gala Coral has agreed with the gambling regulator to pay out nearly £880,000 after taking hundreds of thousands of pounds from a “VIP” problem gambler who was using the proceeds of theft to feed his habit. The Gambling Commission said Gala Coral had failed in its duty...
A court in Germany has ruled that the 20-license cap on sports betting licenses under the country’s Interstate Treaty on Gambling is illegal, a move that opens up the market to the rest of the European Union. The 5th Chamber of the Administrative Court of Wiesbaden found that the restriction to twenty...
The Czech lower house has approved legislation to raise taxes on gambling firms and open the online market to foreign operators. Reuters reports that, as of next year, tax on slot machines will increase from 28% to 35%, with verticals including sports betting and lottery remaining at 23%. The...
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...
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%...
This week it emerged that Paddy Power was the subject of a Gambling Commission report that found the bookmaker had encouraged a gambler until he lost his home, five jobs and his family. The man was a frequent user of fixed odds betting terminals (Fobias) – roulette machines that...
Racing’s long search for a sustainable funding system from betting on the sport may finally be drawing to a close, with the government expected to announce a new regime on Thursday which will capture all bets on British racing, whether these are placed in betting shops or online. Details...
Bookmaker William Hill has announced a drop in operating profit of 22% for 2015, blaming gambling taxes imposed on its UK online and retail businesses. The company reported operating profits of £291.4m for last year, down from £372.2m in 2014. It said additional gambling duties of £87m resulted in...
The Judiciary Police (PJ) recorded 1,553 gaming-related crimes in 2015, a year-on-year increase of 38 percent, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced on Monday. Addressing a press conference at his office in Cotai to announce last year’s crime figures, the policy secretary said that last year’s total number...
Lawyers representing New Jersey went to court Wednesday and made their latest argument that the state should be allowed to offer sports betting at casinos and horse-racing tracks. Former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson — who led a legal team that represented President George W. Bush in the disputed 2000...
In August 2015, a three-judge appellate court panel ruled against the state of New Jersey in the state’s ongoing push to legalize sports betting. It was nothing new for the Garden State, which has been trying to join an exclusive club of states where sports gambling is actually allowed...
Em seis meses fecharam 86 sites que não cumpriam a nova lei do jogo online. Neste intervalo de tempo, 50 jogadores emigraram República Checa, Brasil, Hungria, Malta e Reino Unido. São estes os cinco destinos de meia centena de emigrantes especiais: são profissionais a jogar póquer online que desde...
