Credit checks in Great Britain will lead to better protection of the players from the dangers of gambling. Everyone should only be able to gamble away the money that he or she can verify that he or she has left. As it resulted from a recent survey of a TV-station, many British gamblers are however criticising the planned procedure.
Christian_1994
In no other city in the world are there as many slot machines as in the desert metropole Las Vegas. Since some time there is here also an additional “slot machine“ of a special kind. The participants can win real cars in this huge slot machine. But how does this slot machine function and how popular is it?
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A young man from the Irish city of Dublin has in several cases defrauded his employer as well as his customers of large sums of money. Besides this he also transferred unauthorised deposit payments to his bank accounts. But why did it take nearly two years for the deception to be discovered?
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As the British newspaper The Guardian reported around two weeks ago, parliamentarians, among others those of the ruling Tory-party, have worked for the gambling association Betting and Gaming Council (BGC). To be more precise, it seems that gambling adverts featuring British parliamentarians’ seem to have been created and published. But what is the consequence of this behaviour for politicians?
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The Canadian Fiscal Court must presently address the question and decide at which point professional gambling will be considered a job. The current case is about three Poker Professionals who were asked by the responsible tax authorities to pay taxes amounting to around 2,6 million Euro. But what is the reason for this enormous tax claim and what does the law in Germany say?
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As it was announced a few days ago, the Parliament of the Balearic Islands, plans a ban on credit card payments for gambling. This means that in the future cash will be necessary to play at a gambling hall or casino in Mallorca. But for which reason will credit cards be banned for gambling?
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A French citizen was a guest in a casino in Monaco and won around 160,000 Euro. On his return to France, he then had an unpleasant surprise at the customs control. The lucky devil was here issued a fine of 80,000 Euro.
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As it was announced a few days ago, a 66-year-old US-American has stolen chips in several casinos in Las Vegas. The loot’s worth runs into a total of 20,000 US-Dollar. Now he is facing the possibility of several years in prison. The responsible State Advocate is even requesting a lifelong prison sentence for the older man. Why is the perpetrator in this case however facing such a high sentence?
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As it was announced a short while ago, China is limiting the gaming time for children. Minors are only allowed to spend three hours per week in gaming - and only on weekends. Since a long time China has been famous for its strict restrictions in many areas of life. But do the new gaming rules for children and youths make sense?
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Around two weeks ago, the Swedish gambling supervisory authority imposed a record breaking fine against gambling giant Mr Green. Mr Green Limited, which is based in Malta, should now pay a fine amounting to 30 million SEK. When converted, this amounts to the sum of around three million Euro.
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A short while ago, the Netherlands introduced the so called exclusion through third party for online gambling. This makes it possible for a third party to exclude a player from gambling. Of course there are strict requirements, which must be fulfilled, for this unusual case. But does this exclusion really make sense and is there such a thing also in Germany?
Christian_1994
A 40-year old must stand trial in the next days in a court in Ireland. The man is accused of hitting a homeless man so hard, that he consequently died. Shortly before the attack, the life of the victim seemed to change for the better, after he had cleared away everything in the casino.
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The Swedish Supervisory Authority Spelinspektionen has imposed a record-breaking penalty amounting to 20 Million SEK on Betsson. Converted, this amounts to the amount of nearly two million Euro. The Scandinavian Gambling operator contested this penalty and the Administrative Court has now been decided in their favour.
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The Las Vegas Strip has a new Casino- and Hotel-Resort: the glamorous Resorts World Las Vegas recently opened on the 24th.June . This is a highly modern casino with three affiliated hotels. Originally the Resorts should have opened years ago. The opening was postponed several times because of various rescheduling.
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By now it should be generally known, that generally speaking, when gambling products are regulated, it is profitable for the state coffers. This can for example be seen happening in Greece. Here the process of distribution of licences is in full swing. By now they have already accrued a revenue amounting to millions in two digits, just from the distribution of licences.
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