As the Dutch Finance Authorities have stated recently, professional poker players can, under particular circumstances, get the already paid gambling tax back. In total, the tax which will be refunded back, will be in the million figures. However there is a hitch: Only tax for winnings which were gambled on the regulated platform PokerStars.eu can be refunded.
A former bank employee managed to tamper with the funds of his customers and in this way scammed around 500,000 Euro. He used the money to finance his severe gambling addiction. The 31-year-old was condemned for his crime in Austria.
In Iran there could soon be a change in law with extensive consequences. For religious reasons, gambling in this country has always been illegal. In the future however taking part in online gambling could be enough to be sentenced to death.
Very soon students in the US Federal State Maryland could be having an extra school subject. Actually it is still being discussed, whether a new subject “Dangers of Gambling” should be introduced. Here the young people should be made aware of the risks of gambling and therefore learn a responsible approach to this issue.
An American property agent is being accused of a fraud worth millions. In all, he defrauded investors of a sum worth 22 million Euro when converted. With this money he financed his “Lottery-addiction“. The man had in part been spending one million dollar per week worth of lottery tickets. Could he at least crack the jackpot with these tickets?
In the Austrian Salzburg, a restaurateur was accused of evading around 900,000 in taxes. More precisely this concerns the winnings, which he cashed in from his slot machines in four different premises. The 45-year-old Turkish citizen is in court.
As was announced recently, the Parliament in Latvia has decided on a complete gambling ban for maintenance debtors. The gambling firms should, in the future, be duty bound to assure that all gamblers with maintenance debts not be allowed to participate in any gambling activities nationwide.
In the past nine months around 4,46 million GBP flowed from British casino operators to the gambling addiction aid BeGambleAware. This is coming from a list of donators, which was published lately on the website of BeGambleAware. The highest single donators were the gambling giants William Hill and Flutter.
In Austria a man defrauded three banks by more than 130.000 Euro, to use the money for his gambling addiction. Now the 42-year old was convicted by the regional court of Salzburg- because of serious commercial fraud and falsification of documents. In this article, we will explain, whether the drug addicted fraudster has to go to prison and how the banks could catch the criminal.
The renowned online poker-provider partypoker is organising the first online World Championship in Amateur Poker (WCOAP) in the next days. The tournament series will take place from the 23rd. January to the 7th. February 2021 and 750,000 US-Dollar Prize money will be won by the participating gamblers.
Curious news is reaching us these days from Landing International Development Limited. The worldwide-active Investment-Group has namely a small problem: around 11 million Euro have disappeared. And no one knows, where the money is. The company operates, among other things, several casino resorts and is just surprised about the loss of money as the global media.
The German American Magic duo Siegfried Fischbacher und Roy Uwe Horn delighted the international public for several years. With their self-created show “Siegfried & Roy at the Mirage“, they enjoyed their certainly largest success. The programme is to date still the most visited show in Las Vegas.
Winning or losing in gambling depends solely on the element of chance. This statement sounds plausible, however many players do not always heed this simple fact. Many gamblers have somehow established misleading ways of thinking in their mind. It is a fatal mistake to take a decision about the next gambling round when making use of this cognitive misjudgement.
Las Vegas is not only a world famous gambling metropole. Behind the fascinating glittering façade there is also hidden a lot of suffering and misery. It is a shadowy world of criminals, alcoholics and drug addicts, a world which no one likes to talk about. Ultimately every dark side of this shimmering metropole could be bad for business.
In 2020 several million Euro or as the case may be US-Dollars were distributed by online casinos to gamblers. The highest winnings were generated traditionally with the progressive Jackpot-Slots. Among these are Mega Moolah from Microgaming, the Empire Fortune slot machine from Yggdrasil und the Divine Fortune Slot from NetEnt.