Legislation Reports

The new director of the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Adriano Marques Ho, has paid a visit to local gambling venues to inspect the casino operators’ implementation of the new measures aimed at preventing the Covid-19 epidemic, according to a DICJ press release.

Mr Ho met with security management representatives from all six concessionaires and sub-concessionaires and asked them to fulfil the new requirements in controlling the entrance of visitors and customers with a view to guaranteeing the hygiene and health of its workers and clients.

By: Rachel Swann, Commercial Director of 3radical

January was a very busy month in the news for the gambling industry in the UK, with one of the biggest news stories coming from the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). Following a 12 week consultation the newest legislation to impact the sector is the ban on the use of credit cards in online gambling transactions. So as we started to discuss if any other territories will follow the UK’s lead we thought - is that even the point?...

It has been 15 months since the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the Bradley Act, making sports betting potentially legal across the land. The sports betting genie is out of the bottle, never to be reconfined. However, expectations that legalized sports wagering would sweep the country have proven somewhat exaggerated.