Portal dedicated to the gambling sector from a social and legal point of view, such as lesgilación, CSR and initiatives against gambling addiction.
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 [...]
On Tuesday, May 5, the news broke. Juan Espinosa will no longer be in charge of the General Directorate of Gambling Regulation (DGOJ). Although many expected that Espinosa would be dismissed immediately after the PSOE-Unidas Podemos government pact, the fact that he was confirmed in his position seemed like a good idea...]
Brazil has become the epicenter of the pandemic caused by the coronavirus on the Latin American continent. In one of his most controversial decisions, President Jair Bolsonaro included religious services and lotteries among the essential activities, quite the opposite of what happens in the rest [...]
The current health crisis has been a blow to the gambling industry, who asks the Government to rethink the tax burden to allow the sector to survive the current exceptional situation. On the other hand, before the appeal of the health personnel due to the shortage of material [...]
The Government's new package of measures to alleviate the health, social and economic crisis derived from COVID-19 that is hitting New Zealand includes restricting commercial communications in all its formats in order to protect the most vulnerable users during confinement. The measure will be in force [...]
Can you imagine looking for help on the internet to treat your gambling addiction case and that in return Google bombards you with bonus ads or casino recommendations that do not comply with national self-prohibition regulations? In minkcafe.co we analyze the tricks of illegal pages that take advantage of [...]