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Australian politicians were gifted about A$245,000 ($147,000) in match tickets over nearly two years by the country’s most popular sporting leagues as part of a lobbying campaign against a proposed ...

A lot is happening behind the scenes with lobbying in favour of a bill allowing players in casinos to spend more than €10,000 cash at a time, while authorities are calling ...

A large-scale police operation in Paphos on Friday night resulted in multiple arrests, the seizure of untaxed tobacco products, and several traffic violations. The operation, led by the district’s ...

A bill to exempt casinos from the restriction limiting cash transactions to €10,000 has been the subject of heated debate while opponents on Thursday lambasted the proposal as a last ditch “...

The National Betting Authority anticipates a 5.6 per cent increase in revenues for 2025, with the upward trend continuing for the next two years, MPs heard on Monday. The House finance committee ...

Police in Paphos on Friday announced the completion of a raid on an illegal gambling den in the town. The raid was carried out as part of efforts to crack ...

The National Betting Authority announced on Wednesday a week-long campaign for safe gambling with the logo ‘Safety is the true hero in every game.’ Set to take place between October 7...

A treatment centre to help adults dealing with a gambling addiction will begin operating in Paralimni, the national betting authority (NBA) and addictions authority (NAAC) announced on Wednesday. Named “Kinitro” (“...

Police on Wednesday evening seized two computers from a building in Paralimni which are allegedly being used to provide illegal electronic gambling services. The computers were seized following a search ...

A man who stole almost 90,000TL from his workplace and spent it all at a casino was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday. The man, who worked for ...

Gambling is being investigated against a Paphos coffeeshop after checks were made at around midnight on Saturday. The check was made by members of the police as part of an ...

An image surfaced on Wednesday of Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar meeting with a Turkish gambling mafia boss that was arrested in Switzerland last week. This is not Tatar’s ...

A Turkish Cypriot man has received a fine after winning €79,000 at a casino in the north. Turkish Cypriots are not allowed to use casinos in the north, and despite this, ...

Two people were arrested in Paphos after a 63-year-old man who spent over €30,000 at an illegal makeshift casino reported the place to the police. Paphos police spokesman and CID chief ...

The gambling industry in Cyprus shows a steady upward trajectory according to the national betting authority which announced on Friday that the 2022 gross gaming revenue (GGR), near €960 million, increased by 22 ...

Eighteen computers were seized by Paphos police during a raid on Thursday evening, Between 5.15pm and 7.30pm CID officers, with a court warrant, searched the premises on Ikarou Street in ...

Police on Sunday said 10 people were questioned after they were found gambling in Paphos. Officers raided the premises on Saturday night after securing an arrest warrant and found 10 people – including ...

Paphos district court has issued an order to suspend operations in an establishment where people have been caught gambling over two months ago. Paphos CID chief and police spokesman Michalis ...

Pathological gambling has been destigmatised in recent years, as people are now more able to seek medical and psychological help to battle their gambling addictions, according to the National Betting ...

Paphos district court on Tuesday issued orders to suspend operations in two premises allegedly providing gambling services. According to Paphos CID chief and police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, two criminal cases ...

Nine out of 10 women in Cyprus have gambled at least once in their lives, while the most important motivations for their participation seem to be fun and financial gain, according ...

As part of an operation to combat gambling, police officers raided a coffee shop in Kato Paphos on Sunday afternoon where they found six people playing poker, police said on ...

Police on Tuesday night arrested eight individuals on suspicion of illegal gambling activities in Paphos. Paphos police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou told CNA that the police, after receiving a tip conducted ...

Betting activity has returned to pre-pandemic levels while generating close to €12.9 million in revenue for public coffers last year, according to figures made public by the national betting authority on ...