Leticia has seen how several people from her closest circle fell into the clutches of gambling addiction. A graduate in Social Work, Molina has worked and collaborated with various non-profit organizations helping people with gambling addiction problems. He has also actively participated in the design and implementation of local awareness campaigns about the dangers of illegal and irresponsible gambling. He has just completed a course on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), whose final work has focused on the policies of the main operators in New Zealand in this matter. Especially closely follows the evolution of the live casino and its impact on society.
Its passage through minkcafe.co as a writer, it is a challenge in your professional career. Molina believes that online gambling can be harmless and fun as long as it is done responsibly and our money is entrusted to portals subject to current legislation. You will always see his signature in all those articles and analyses that deal with the social impact of online gambling, as well as about the operators' CSR policies with a view to promoting a fun, safe and responsible game.
According to official statements from the Spelinspektionen, the gaming regulatory body in Sweden, the measures approved by the executive last April to combat gambling addiction in times of coronavirus were not designed to be fully implemented in the market, which makes it difficult to be effective. In [...]
A German company helps users resident in the country to recover the money lost by betting on online gambling. Taking advantage of a legislative loophole, the company claims the return of the deposited money to the payment systems. Do we have a similar measure in New Zealand? We tell you about it in this analysis. “We got your money back...]
The figures are alarming. The number of unemployed is growing worldwide and the hospitality and tourism sectors have been the most affected by the widespread lockdown. Physical casinos have suffered huge losses and the recent opening measures have not served to enhance the result...]
A study by the European Union (EU) would have concluded that the controversial loot boxes or reward boxes should be treated as a problem related to consumer protection, discouraging their link to online gambling legislation. The study, commissioned by the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee...]
The European Commission has given the green light to the draft Royal Decree on commercial communications of the online gambling sector that the Spanish government sent urgently last July with amendments not contained in the first draft of February. The Consumer Minister has announced [...]
Codere loses the legal battle against Betfair, and it's not the first. The Spanish company was seeking compensation of eleven million euros for unfair competition that has not borne fruit. Codere, which is in a very difficult economic situation, has suffered a major setback. Controlled by foreign investment funds [...]
As of April 1, it was forbidden to make payments in casinos and bookmakers by credit or debit card. However, a study by the University of Bristol and GambleAware has detected technical and legal gaps in the implementation of this measure. What is it about [...]
According to information appearing on the Hamburg-based state-run news channel Norddeutsche Rundfunk (NDR), the well-known financial services multinational Visa Inc. he would have ordered the banks he works with to cancel transactions that have to do with payments to online casinos. Nail [...]
Garzón alluded last June to a possible normalization of the ban on advertising for bets and online gambling decreed during the state of alarm. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs has just forwarded to the European Commission the amendments to its draft Royal Decree: it advocates a stricter ban...]
The Danish Online Gambling Association (DOGA) warns about the consequences that the increase in taxes on online gambling that the government approved in 2019 and will enter into force in January 2021 could have for the sector and the user. The entity estimates a significant destruction of [...]
Loot boxes or reward boxes continue to cause controversy. These boxes that appear in many video games can only be opened in exchange for real or virtual money, or if they have been received as a gift. For a long time, consumer associations have been denouncing them because they would create addiction among the most vulnerable...]
The employers' association of the gaming sector, Cejuego, has been very critical of the government's decision to relegate the opening of gambling and betting premises to phase 3 of the de-escalation towards the new normality that begins this Monday, June 8. According to Cejuego, the measures taken [...]
In the midst of the controversies arising from the application of the Royal Decree on Commercial Communications of Gaming Activities designed by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, headed by Alberto Garzón, we want to take a look at the first Pan-European Code on Responsible Advertising of Gambling...]
Consumer Minister Alberto Garzón reaffirms his crusade against online gambling and bonuses. At a press conference, he confirmed the appropriateness of the measures that go beyond the specific context of the coronavirus pandemic. But have they really been effective? The Royal Decree on Communications [...]
The collegiate directorate of IU has just published its economic and social reconstruction program that is to help the country get out of the crisis caused by COVID-19. In "Horizonte País", the left-wing political formation proposes a reform of the gambling tax that we are sure will not [...]