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Icelanders Expected To Spend 36 Billion ISK Gambling Online
According to an extensive news report by RÚV’s investigative programme Kveikur, Icelandic people are expected to spend approximately 36 billion ISK in illegal gambling this year. As cited by RÚV, Icelandic gamblers do illegal business with around 600 foreign gambling sites, according…
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Iceland Second To Ireland In Gambling, Report Outlines
According to a report by the Iceland Chamber of Commerce (Viðskiptaráð), Icelanders are the second biggest gamblers among European countries, after Ireland. According to data provided by the Danish Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden), the average Icelander bets 80.000 ISK (approximately 500 EUR) per…
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SÁÁ Will Receive 55 Million ISK For Shutting Down Slot Machine Operations
Einar Hermannsson, chairman of SÁÁ, has stated that the company will receive 55 million ISK this year due to their decision to stop the operation of slot machines. Over the past few weeks, there has been lots of pressure on different companies…
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Olís, Snælandsvídeó, Núpalind and Skálinn All Stopped Using Slot Machines In Their Stores
Olís, Snælandsvídeó, Núpalind and Skálinn in Þorlákshöfn have all stopped using slot machines in their stores, Fréttablaðið reports. The reason being is they say that they have a social responsibility to do so. Two weeks ago, a lawyer for the Gambling Addiction…
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Gambling Addiction Association Believes Activities By University of Iceland Lottery To Be Illegal
A lawyer for the Gambling Addiction Association (SÁS) considers the activities of University of Iceland Lottery (HHÍ) to be illegal and punishable, Fréttablaðið reports. This was stated in a letter from the lawyer sent to the University Lottery on March 8. The…
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Ask a Professor: Why Are Casinos Illegal In Iceland?
Daníel Þór Ólason, Professor of Psychology at the University Of Iceland, is the preeminent expert on the science and history of gambling in Iceland. Here, he explains why you’ll never need to learn card counting in Iceland. At the beginning of the…
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Gambling Epidemic Clouds Over Iceland
An Icelandic man has come forward to the European Court of Human Rights for considering he was discriminated against by the Icelandic state concerning his gambling addiction. The court decided to take the complainant’s case, Guðlaugur Jakob Karlsson, who told Vísir he…
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Missing In Iceland: Policy Betting
Iceland is not a country friendly to gambling. Sure, there are digital slots and scratch-off tickets, but there are no casinos. Even underground gambling is scarce at best. But even in the most intensely anti-gambling countries in the world, in any given…
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Missing In Iceland: Casinos
Looking for a casino to spend countless hours playing blackjack in the hope of scoring some big bucks? Well, in Iceland, you’re out of luck. There are no casinos, as such establishments are illegal by law. Apart from the old-fashioned slot machines…
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3 Months In Prison For Running Illegal Casino
In a case going back four years, a man accused of taking part in running an illegal casino has had his prison sentence increased by the Supreme Court of Iceland. RÚV reports that the man was originally sentenced to 15 months, 12…
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Pink Street Boys Release New Video, Play Show With Muck Tonight
Obnoxious rockers Pink Street Boys have just released a new video that shows what they’re all about: classy joints, bar brawls, and gambling. Watch how drummer Einar turns to petty crime to fund his slots addiction—feel the tension between guitarist/bassist Víðir and…
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News In Brief: November
Icelanders have once again grown fed up with their elected representatives, staging a massive protest demonstration in front of Alþingi last Monday. Thousands stood at Austurvöllur, Reykjavík’s hip spot for protest meetings, to denounce a veritable cornucopia of bad policy decisions (police…
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Most Icelanders Against Legalising Casinos
The vast majority of Icelanders are against a recent proposal to legalise casinos, although that opposition has decreased slightly in the few past years. According to a poll from Market and Media Research, 68.6% of Icelanders are either very opposed or rather…
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Progressive Tries Again To Legalise Gambling
Progressive MP Willum Þór Þórsson has again submitted a bill to parliament which, if passed, would legalise gambling in Iceland. Vísir reports that the new bill, which is the same as the one which was submitted last winter, would only allow for…