When it comes to gambling there is no other country in the world where gambling is part of the daily routine as it is in Asia. Many Asian countries have a gambling culture which people from Central Europe can hardly grasp. The measures are probably gigantic. Fun, relaxation, or glamour have – at least for the natives – nothing to do with the respective gambling activities.
Chris_W
The German vending machine industry has for some time had to deal with a decline in sales. Now the board spokesman, Georg Stecker, is also warning that the black market is growing. Because of the strict legal provisions, the legal casinos cannot compete with the illegal gambling services. How can this problem be solved?
Christian_1994
Games of chance are also very popular in Switzerland. Online casinos, sports betting, financial market betting, lottery scratch tickets and lotto are in trend. The gambling regulations of 2019, regulate the market, even when it comes to player protection. However recently there has been an increase in the number of problems associated with to danger of addiction and also financial expenses. And this, even though the new regulations of 2019 wanted to specifically protect the population from excessive gambling!
Chris_W
The Cambodian city of Sihanoukville has invested a lot, i.e., driven the inhabitants out, withdrew access to beaches for the residents, opened the doors to Chinese mafia and forced labour, as well as tolerated fraud on a large scale: all this so that the city will become a gambling metropole – a second Las Vegas. This aim has openly failed. What remains are hundreds of building ruins, high unemployment, and a very questionable security situation.
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The Austrian gambling group Novomatic has published its yearly financial report for 2022. According to the report, Novomatic AG has generated a turnover of 2.86 billion Euro – a surplus of more than 55% when compared to the previous year. All in all, there was a positive yearly annual profit of more than 214 million Euro. The gambling concern, which is steeped in tradition, has reason to be happy.
Christian_1994
Most of the spa towns in Germany have their own casino. Baden-Baden, Wiesbaden, Bad Wiessee and Bad Ems are among the most popular spa towns. Why is there such a strong connection between such relaxation cities, i.e. spa towns and gambling services? To be able to answer this question we must go back a while.
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Without doubt, Brazil is one of the largest football nations. When it comes to football passion, many Germans think first and foremost about the South American country. On the other hand, Brazil unfortunately is one of the states which is well-known for its high criminality and corruption rate. These negative factors are also shown in football. Game manipulation and betting fraud are nearly the order of the day.
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ChatGPT is a prototype of a chatbot which was released in 2022. Users can use the query form to ask the system questions about all possible topics. These will then be answered. In the past months media from all over the world have reported about this artificial intelligence. But can ChatGPT be of help in the online casino in the future?
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Last Thursday, the 20th. April, several civil servants from different authorities took part in a raid on the well-known sports betting provider tipster. Investigations were also carried out in foreign countries. According to the press conference of the Landeskriminalamt NRW, as well as reports of the different newspapers – among others the Bild, Spiegel and the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger – there are several accusations.
Chris_W
Since the GlüStV 2021 came into force the advertisements measures for games of chance in Germany have increased. Celebrities, especially athletes are often used to promote gambling. Even on international level, gambling providers prefer to use personalities from the sports industry in their advertising. Why is that so?
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It is a daring thesis: In the long run could there be more “problem players” than in the past because of the liberalisation of online games of chance? According to the Federal Ministry of Health (BZgA) in Germany alone there are around 430,000 people affected by a problematic or pathological gambling behaviour. But how does the State Gambling Act which came into effect in 2021 affect the players’ behaviour?
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It is not a rare thing that one mentions “coalition games of chance“, “betting for the last vote“ or “the fall of the dice“ in the context of elections and election campaigns. These are mostly all cliches of politicians and the press. A small village in the US American Federal State of Wisconsin has however made used of these phrases in practice. The election of the next village president was decided on by a dice!
Chris_W
A health tax can soon be introduced for games of chance providers in Great Britain. The income from the new tax should be used to finance the gambling related treatments in public health. Is the planned health tax fair for British gambling providers and could this be a model for Germany?
Christian_1994
The British professional darts player, Michael Smith, is continuing to enjoy his success. He had won the PDC championships at the beginning of the year and thus he is the reigning darts champion 2023. Now he is enjoying some free time in the gambling metropole Las Vegas. He has now posted a photo of his impressive casino win on Twitter.
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Recently the Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder, (GGL) which is the gambling authority responsible for all regions in Germany, registered a victory at the VG München. The authority had initiated prohibition proceedings against what in its opinion was illegal gambling content streamed on the internet page of a German TV station. Now the court ruled in favour of the authority and ordered the TV station to remove the illegal games of chance from its website. But which type of gambling was this?
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