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?
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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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Since some weeks there is the first Drive-Through-Casino in France. The local casino in the community of La Grande-Motte has thought out the so-called “Gambling Boxes“, in which the gamblers can simply drive through with the car and then play comfortably. However is there the potential for this idea to also catch on in other cities and especially in the German-speaking countries?
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The American gambling industry has apparently already recovered from the consequences of the Corona pandemic. A few days ago the US- Gambling Authority “American Gaming Association“(AGA) published the sector’s sales for the first quarter of 2021. According to the latter, the gambling industry solely made a turnover amounting to more than 11 billion US-Dollar in the first three months of this year.
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The gambling metropole Las Vegas is fighting its way back to normality step by step. The casinos have already reopened some time ago. Now the protection and hygiene measures will also be retracted. A few weeks ago, the Perspex shields on the casino tables of several casinos were removed. The desert metropole will soon host the first large event.
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A 54-year old US-American has threatened a casino in Florida with a bomb attack. The woman had previously lost a couple of hundred US-Dollar at the slot machines. Afterwards she was so furious that she made a call from her mobile threatening with a bomb attack. But what punishment now awaits the unlucky casino visitor?
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In Sydney in Australia cash could soon disappear, at least from the land-based casinos. As it emerged from corresponding media reports, leading gambling companies have decided on this together with the responsible Gambling Authority. This means that in the casinos of the largest city in Australia there could soon be completely cashless transactions.
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