Tag Archives: Jogos de azar online
Brazil – Online gambling blocking payment bill under review
A bill that would that would ban online payments to unauthorized betting and lottery sites based abroad is under review in the chamber of deputies. Deputy Pastor Gil (Gildenemir de Lima Sousa) presented bill PL1823/2022 in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies in July. Under the proposal, Brazil’s central bank would have to establish rules to determine…
South Africa – National Gambling Board warns operators offering online gambling
The National Gambling Board (NGB) has released a statement concerning the issue of the legality of online or interactive gambling stating that it wishes to make ’emphatically clear that the answer to whether online or interactive gambling is legal in South Africa, is a simple and unequivocal NO with the exception of online sports betting.’ ‘Section…
Japan: Online Gambling
Gambling is generally prohibited in Japan unless special dispensation has been granted under law. The Penal Code applies to both land-based gambling and online gambling but there is no statute that specifically regulates online gambling. While there is some discussion about whether or not online gambling is illegal, strictly speaking gambling citizens placing bets via…
Cambodia – Authorities confirm 91 casinos have shut following ban
Following an industry wide ban on online and arcade gambling operations, 91 casinos have been shut down according to Cambodia’s Ministry of Economy and Finance. A joint committee comprising ministry officials and police have been inspecting the nation’s casinos since the ban was installed at the beginning of January. Ros Phearun, Deputy Director-General of the Ministry…
Reino Unido – Especialistas em dependência pedem regulamentações mais rígidas em sites de jogos de azar online
BBC One’s Panorama has aired a program called Addicted to Gambling in which it explored how the UK has the largest online gambling platform in the world, and that just four per cent of players make the online gambling industry a massive 78 per cent profit. The show comes at a time when leading addiction…
EUA – Nova Jersey lutará contra opinião 'ultrajante' do DoJ sobre Wire Act
O ex-senador de Nova Jersey Raymond Lesniak, o homem que liderou a ação do estado para permitir as apostas esportivas, preparará uma resposta para Nova Jersey sobre a nova opinião do Departamento de Justiça dos EUA sobre como o Wire Act deve ser interpretado. A nova opinião sugere que o Wire Act proíbe transmissões eletrônicas de qualquer aposta interestadual….
Reino Unido – Operadores offshore lembrados de solicitar licença de continuação
Os operadores de jogos de azar offshore que fornecem jogos de azar online (remotos) aos consumidores na Grã-Bretanha estão sendo lembrados de que têm até 16 de setembro para solicitar uma licença de continuação para garantir que seus negócios não sejam afetados por alterações à Lei de Jogos de Azar de 2005. As alterações (Jogos de azar (licenciamento e Publicidade) Lei)) deverá entrar em vigor em 1…
Bahamas – Baha Mar dá as boas-vindas a uma série de novas oportunidades nas Bahamas
Baha Mar aplaudiu o Parlamento da Comunidade das Bahamas por apresentar uma revitalização abrangente das regulamentações de jogos do país, a primeira grande atualização desde que os cassinos das Bahamas foram legalizados em 1969. As mudanças regulatórias permitiriam que os cassinos das Bahamas oferecessem aos viajantes internacionais os jogos mais recentes. -amenidades da indústria, incluindo Internet, jogos interativos e móveis;…
Singapore – Singapore moves to ban online gaming
Singapore is looking to introduce new legislation to block player access to online gambling websites, banning payments methods to remote gambling operators and outlaw advertisements that promote online gambling in the country. Analysts pitch the online gambling sector in Singapore to be worth S$376m (US299.4m) and believe this will increase by between six and seven…
