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Liz Ritchie A ganância das empresas de jogo pode ser associada a centenas de suicídios todos os anos no Reino Unido O meu maravilhoso filho Jack tirou a sua vida em 2017 depois de ter sido arrastado para um vício do jogo. Pouco tempo depois, visitei o escritório da...
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A Gambling Commission diz que a empresa não conseguiu proteger os clientes, com um jogador a perder £70,000 em 10 horas. A casa de apostas Betfred foi multada em quase 2,9 milhões de libras esterlinas por falhas na sua responsabilidade social e controlos de branqueamento de dinheiro, depois de...
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A empresa de jogo foi multada em 400.000 libras depois do anúncio ter sido exibido numa página web onde jovens adeptos foram convidados a colorir em ursinhos de peluche. A empresa de jogos online Betway foi multada em mais de £400.000 após ter sido encontrado o seu conteúdo de...
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Exclusivo: as conclusões contidas no relatório preliminar do grupo parlamentar são descritas pelo ativista como “ridículas”. Um grupo de deputados elaborou um relatório que critica o regulador da indústria do jogo por tentar reduzir a dependência e exorta os ministros a tomarem medidas especiais. As conclusões do grupo parlamentar...
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Relatório da PwC sob fogo, enquanto a indústria espera uma regulamentação mais dura na próxima revisão do governo. Empresas de jogo e apostas foram acusados de inventar um “dossiê desonesto” exagerando a escalada de apostas no mercado negro, numa tentativa de influenciar a próxima revisão do governo que deverá...
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A AUSTRAC, entidade fiscalizadora do crime financeiro da Austrália, lançou uma investigação formal sobre possíveis violações das leis anti-lavagem de dinheiro do país pela Crown Resorts. Esta empresa enfrenta nova ameaça às suas licenças de casino e a perspetiva de multas de milhões de dólares depois de ser informada pela...
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William Hill blamed the government’s clampdown on fixed-odds terminals (FOBTs) as it warned that up to 900 betting shops could close, putting 4,500 jobs at risk. The bookmaker reported a loss of £820m in the first six months of the year, as the decision to slash maximum stakes on FOBTs from £100...
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In 2017, the global eSports economy was estimated to stand at around $696m, attracting an audience of over 385 million people, according to Newzoo. But the industry’s formidable growth has attracted more than just hordes of professional gamers, avid viewers and brands offering lucrative sponsorship deals. Organised criminals and low-level chancers...
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The casino industry donated thousands of pounds to the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) after the thinktank published a report on gambling policy that called for restrictions on the number of casinos to be lifted. The National Casino Industry Forum (NCIF) confirmed it donated £8,000 to the IEA having...
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Authorities in Macau, the world’s largest gambling hub, will care for more than 600 greyhounds after their owner renounced them ahead of the closure of China’s only dog-racing track on Saturday. The move is likely to save former Australian racing dogs, which were exported to Macau in huge numbers and...
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Paddy Power Betfair has made the first move in an expected wave of takeover activity prompted by the legalisation of sports betting in the US, as it launched a bid for fantasy sports league company FanDuel. Shares in UK gambling companies soared earlier this week as investors responded to the US supreme...
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Editorial – Opinion (Fixed-odds betting terminals) The government’s promise to slash the maximum stake for fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) from £100 to just £2 is both welcome and long overdue. Matt Hancock, the digital, culture, media and sport secretary, was right to describe the UK’s 33,000 machines as a “social blight” preying...
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In the moaning and whingeing stakes, bookmakers are the thoroughbreds. The government expects us to pay too much tax! Horseracing is always asking for too much money! Sporting results have gone against us! These are familiar refrains that usually provoke cheers rather sympathy. So, last week, one of the...
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Yesterday, the Belgian minister of justice, Koen Geens, announced the result of an investigation that the country’s Gaming Commission conducted into video game “loot boxes”, a mechanic that lets players pay real money for a chance at winning virtual items. It found that three popular games – Overwatch, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive...
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The government’s Gambling Commission should pressure Camelot to change the way it runs the national lottery to ensure more money goes to good causes amid rising profits for the company, a cross-party committee of MPs has said. The current lottery licence, which runs until 2023, is overly long and too inflexible,...
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A Gibraltar-based company that allows Australians to bet on overseas lottery results should “simply take their bat and ball and go home”, the anti-gambling advocate Tim Costello has said. Lottoland, which runs synthetic lotteries allowing punters to place wagers on the outcome of overseas results, is seeking to expand...
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“Iself-excluded from the major online casinos but there was always a new company I could open with and some of them don’t make it easy to self-exclude,” says Michael, a bricklayer from Glasgow, who started betting on football and greyhounds when he was 15, before developing a serious gambling...
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Thinktank trials scheme to teach children about problems that can ‘wreak havoc on people’s lives’ Lessons about the risks of gambling have been trialled in secondary schools in an attempt to address high levels of gambling among school-age children. Around 25,000 children in the UK are currently classed as problem gamblers, with one...
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The takeover of Ladbrokes Coral by GVC, the Isle of Man-based firm behind Foxy Bingo, could trigger up to 1,600 job losses, the companies said, as they published fresh details of a deal worth up to £3.9bn. Online casino company GVC and bookmaker Ladbrokes said up to 6% of their combined 26,800 workforce...
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The National Lottery’s blue “Millionaire 7s” scratchcard game, which costs £5 a go, boasts of “six top prizes of £1m”. But if you go and buy one today, the shopkeeper probably won’t tell you that all six £1m jackpots have already been snapped up. Meanwhile, the Camelot-owned lottery’s £250,000...
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The Co-op is taking on the National Lottery with the launch of its own scratchcards, which will give as much as four times to good causes. The member-owned business says a minimum of 20% from the sale of each of its own-brand cards will go to “local good causes”....
Liz Ritchie A ganância das empresas de jogo pode ser associada a centenas de suicídios todos os anos no Reino Unido O meu maravilhoso filho Jack tirou a sua vida em 2017 depois de ter sido arrastado para um vício do jogo. Pouco tempo depois, visitei o escritório da...
A Gambling Commission diz que a empresa não conseguiu proteger os clientes, com um jogador a perder £70,000 em 10 horas. A casa de apostas Betfred foi multada em quase 2,9 milhões de libras esterlinas por falhas na sua responsabilidade social e controlos de branqueamento de dinheiro, depois de...
A empresa de jogo foi multada em 400.000 libras depois do anúncio ter sido exibido numa página web onde jovens adeptos foram convidados a colorir em ursinhos de peluche. A empresa de jogos online Betway foi multada em mais de £400.000 após ter sido encontrado o seu conteúdo de...
Exclusivo: as conclusões contidas no relatório preliminar do grupo parlamentar são descritas pelo ativista como “ridículas”. Um grupo de deputados elaborou um relatório que critica o regulador da indústria do jogo por tentar reduzir a dependência e exorta os ministros a tomarem medidas especiais. As conclusões do grupo parlamentar...
Relatório da PwC sob fogo, enquanto a indústria espera uma regulamentação mais dura na próxima revisão do governo. Empresas de jogo e apostas foram acusados de inventar um “dossiê desonesto” exagerando a escalada de apostas no mercado negro, numa tentativa de influenciar a próxima revisão do governo que deverá...
A AUSTRAC, entidade fiscalizadora do crime financeiro da Austrália, lançou uma investigação formal sobre possíveis violações das leis anti-lavagem de dinheiro do país pela Crown Resorts. Esta empresa enfrenta nova ameaça às suas licenças de casino e a perspetiva de multas de milhões de dólares depois de ser informada pela...
William Hill blamed the government’s clampdown on fixed-odds terminals (FOBTs) as it warned that up to 900 betting shops could close, putting 4,500 jobs at risk. The bookmaker reported a loss of £820m in the first six months of the year, as the decision to slash maximum stakes on FOBTs from £100...
In 2017, the global eSports economy was estimated to stand at around $696m, attracting an audience of over 385 million people, according to Newzoo. But the industry’s formidable growth has attracted more than just hordes of professional gamers, avid viewers and brands offering lucrative sponsorship deals. Organised criminals and low-level chancers...
The casino industry donated thousands of pounds to the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) after the thinktank published a report on gambling policy that called for restrictions on the number of casinos to be lifted. The National Casino Industry Forum (NCIF) confirmed it donated £8,000 to the IEA having...
Authorities in Macau, the world’s largest gambling hub, will care for more than 600 greyhounds after their owner renounced them ahead of the closure of China’s only dog-racing track on Saturday. The move is likely to save former Australian racing dogs, which were exported to Macau in huge numbers and...
Paddy Power Betfair has made the first move in an expected wave of takeover activity prompted by the legalisation of sports betting in the US, as it launched a bid for fantasy sports league company FanDuel. Shares in UK gambling companies soared earlier this week as investors responded to the US supreme...
Editorial – Opinion (Fixed-odds betting terminals) The government’s promise to slash the maximum stake for fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) from £100 to just £2 is both welcome and long overdue. Matt Hancock, the digital, culture, media and sport secretary, was right to describe the UK’s 33,000 machines as a “social blight” preying...
In the moaning and whingeing stakes, bookmakers are the thoroughbreds. The government expects us to pay too much tax! Horseracing is always asking for too much money! Sporting results have gone against us! These are familiar refrains that usually provoke cheers rather sympathy. So, last week, one of the...
Yesterday, the Belgian minister of justice, Koen Geens, announced the result of an investigation that the country’s Gaming Commission conducted into video game “loot boxes”, a mechanic that lets players pay real money for a chance at winning virtual items. It found that three popular games – Overwatch, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive...
The government’s Gambling Commission should pressure Camelot to change the way it runs the national lottery to ensure more money goes to good causes amid rising profits for the company, a cross-party committee of MPs has said. The current lottery licence, which runs until 2023, is overly long and too inflexible,...
A Gibraltar-based company that allows Australians to bet on overseas lottery results should “simply take their bat and ball and go home”, the anti-gambling advocate Tim Costello has said. Lottoland, which runs synthetic lotteries allowing punters to place wagers on the outcome of overseas results, is seeking to expand...
“Iself-excluded from the major online casinos but there was always a new company I could open with and some of them don’t make it easy to self-exclude,” says Michael, a bricklayer from Glasgow, who started betting on football and greyhounds when he was 15, before developing a serious gambling...
Thinktank trials scheme to teach children about problems that can ‘wreak havoc on people’s lives’ Lessons about the risks of gambling have been trialled in secondary schools in an attempt to address high levels of gambling among school-age children. Around 25,000 children in the UK are currently classed as problem gamblers, with one...
The takeover of Ladbrokes Coral by GVC, the Isle of Man-based firm behind Foxy Bingo, could trigger up to 1,600 job losses, the companies said, as they published fresh details of a deal worth up to £3.9bn. Online casino company GVC and bookmaker Ladbrokes said up to 6% of their combined 26,800 workforce...
The National Lottery’s blue “Millionaire 7s” scratchcard game, which costs £5 a go, boasts of “six top prizes of £1m”. But if you go and buy one today, the shopkeeper probably won’t tell you that all six £1m jackpots have already been snapped up. Meanwhile, the Camelot-owned lottery’s £250,000...
The Co-op is taking on the National Lottery with the launch of its own scratchcards, which will give as much as four times to good causes. The member-owned business says a minimum of 20% from the sale of each of its own-brand cards will go to “local good causes”....
