The Dutch Gambling Authority is proceeding radically against gambling providers without a valid licence. As it was announced a few weeks ago, the Kansspelautoriteit imposed the sum of 25 million Euro against seven online gambling providers. Now the Authority has also announced which gambling companies can expect to receive fines.
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Andorra is a tiny state with around 77,000 inhabitants and it lies between Spain and France. In March of this year the first casino will open in Andorra. The casino operator, Jocs SA, announced this during an international tourism fair in Spain. Does a casino in Andorra make sense and how attractive will the games offered be?
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The Caribbean Island Curacao has been planning to change its gambling regulations for some time. However, not much has happened about it. It has now been announced that the reform of the gambling regulations will now be delayed. But why does Curacao want to change its comparatively lax gambling regulations? Without outside pressure this would probably not have happened.
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The water shortage in Las Vegas seems to be always leaving more effect. For months the authorities have tried to combat the drought with stricter water saving measures. Is there now a possibility that the gambling metropole will dry out?
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In Qatar, which is influenced by Islam, there is a completely different system of values than in Europe. In the Emirates in the Persian Gulf, both homosexuality and all forms of gambling are banned. Why is it then that many of the sponsors during the football World Cup were from the gambling and crypto industry?
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Games of chance are strictly prohibited in the United Arab Emirates (UE). However, the first casino seems to be opening soon in the Persian Gulf in the Emirate of Dubai which aims to remain an attractive destination for tourists in the future. The hotel and casino operator has confirmed the official plans a few days ago.
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A guest which seems to have had bad luck ran riot in a London Casino and destroyed the interior. Within a short while the man had caused severe damages to several slot machines with a fire extinguisher. This happened in front of a security employee. A video of the tantrum of the casino guest is doing the rounds on the internet.
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Denmark had liberalised the gaming market around ten years ago. Since then, more Danes are making use of the gambling offers which are available to them. However, the channelisation rate meanwhile exceeds 90 %. Why are the legalised gambling providers in Denmark so popular?
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A recently published study has concluded that more than one in every four Swedes are regularly active in the online casino. To be more precise, according to this survey, 28 % of the Swedes gamble online at least once every three months. But why is online gambling so widespread in Sweden and is this development a warning signal.
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Around a month ago, a court in Australia had ordered the casino operator Star Entertainment to pay out an earned Jackpot. The casino had previously refused to pay out the jackpot to the disabled player. But why did not the Star Casino pay out the Jackpot-winning directly, but let it escalate to a legal dispute?
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Since the new State Gambling Act in Germany came into force, there is a deposit limit of 1000 Euro per player across all providers. A few weeks ago, the neighbouring country Belgium followed suit and adjusted its stake limit for online gambling. However, in this case, the new deposit limit is per provider and not valid across all providers.
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According to the Gambling Act of 1935 of Thailand, most forms of games of chance are illegal. However, there is a paragraph in this Act which states that the state can legalise some games and issue a licence for this purpose. Thailand’s government is now considering legalising some forms of gambling with the aim of increasing the state revenue.
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The people in Portugal have spent a total of 160 million Euro for online gambling in three months. Consequently, according to statistics, this means that during the observation period, each of the 10.3 million Portuguese has lost 0.16 Euro daily in online gambling. This is the highest amount ever/ But how can one explain this increased interest in gambling by the Portuguese population?
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Just recently we had reported that in Liechtenstein there are six casinos for just 40,000 inhabitants. As it was recently announced one of these six casinos has closed its doors. The lights were out on the 11th of July in the Casino 96 in Balzers, in Liechtenstein. Were there too many casinos for the EU dwarven city?
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As it was announced more than two weeks ago, a construction worker in Argentina has cracked the casino jackpot. However, he was refused the distribution of profits. The casino’s reason for this was that there was a malfunctioning in the equipment. But is such a procedure even legal?
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