Stuart Hughes
Senior World Affairs Producer at BBC
BBC Journo. Landmine Survivor. @MAGsaveslives Patron. @SBCFoundation Ambassador. @Dartcenter Euro Director. @Journalism_BU Fellow. @JSchofieldTrust Snr Fellow.
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4 days ago |
casinobeats.com | Stuart Hughes
Top soccer clubs in Brazil have joined forces to collectively denounce a government motion looking to limit commercial team sponsorships with gambling firms. The move follows the advancement of Bill 2,985/2023 in the Brazilian Senate, which is also seeking to impose harsher betting-related advertising restrictions. Outside of the coalition of clubs, critics also argue that the bill will destabilize the country’s entire sports construct.
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1 week ago |
casinobeats.com | Stuart Hughes
Macau has reported 567 crimes related to gaming in Q1 2025, an increase of 61.5% year over year. Macau authorities have attributed the surge in crime rates to changes made in its legislation that criminalized illegal money exchange operations, which came into effect in October last year. In Q1, authorities reported 152 cases of fraud, 132 incidents involving unlicensed currency exchanges, and 51 cases related to loan sharking.
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1 week ago |
casinobeats.com | Stuart Hughes
Harry Roque, a former Presidential Spokesperson, has faced calls to return to the Philippines to face criminal charges relating to a scandal involving a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO). The call was made by Salvador Panelo, former Legal Counsel to the President. Roque would return to face criminal allegations linking him to an unlicensed offshore gaming business.
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1 week ago |
casinobeats.com | Stuart Hughes
Maryland has officially announced that it has raised the tax rate for online sports betting operators in the state from 15% to 20%. Signed into law last week, Governor Wes Moore approved House Bill 352 in a bid to start extracting larger tax revenues from the state’s growing gambling sector. Despite being only recently approved, the increase was part of a larger Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act, which was passed by Maryland lawmakers earlier this year.
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2 weeks ago |
casinobeats.com | Stuart Hughes
Hillary Clinton, the former US presidential candidate, has endorsed a new legislative proposal to widen the scope of charity lotteries that can operate in Northern Ireland. In a video released this week, the former US Secretary of State urged Northern Irish lawmakers to adapt their laws to incorporate the popular lottery format that has helped raise millions for good causes in other parts of the UK.
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