Gambling leads to suspension of venue’s operations
Police in Paphos issued a suspension order for an illegal gambling establishment after a raid on Thursday night. The operation took place after an anonymous...
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Six fined for gambling in Paphos
Paphos police fined six people for gambling late on Sunday, including one who was participating without a SafePass. The six were found in a cafe...
Coffeeshop owner plus four others charged for gambling
Four people were charged with gambling at a coffeeshop by Paphos police acting on a warrant on Sunday evening. The owner of the coffeeshop was...
HFC and betting authority join forces to protect children from gambling
Hope for Children and Cyprus’ National Betting Authority have joined forces to create a safety net to help protect children and adolescents from gambling activity....
Coronavirus: Eight charged for gambling
Paphos police arrested eight people whom they caught gambling on Sunday afternoon. When officers searched a house under a warrant they found and seized 112...
Eight arrested for gambling, breaking curfew
Paphos police arrested eight people late on Wednesday on suspicion of illegal gambling and for violating the curfew in place as part of the measures...
Coronavirus: 14 booked for gambling, breaking decrees
Paphos police on Thursday booked 14 people for violating coronavirus measures while seven of them were also booked for illegal gambling. As part of an...
Coronavirus: 13 people booked at gambling party in Limassol
Limassol police have booked 13 people for gathering at a home in Ypsonas in violation of coronavirus-related decrees and for illegal gambling. Police told the...
Nine charged with gambling, double whammy for the unmasked
Nine people have been charged with gambling and violating Covid decrees in Nicosia, police said on Sunday. During nightly checks, police said they found nine...
Gambling group caught in Paphos residence
Six people were caught gambling in a Paphos residence on Saturday. Police officers, during a search in a house in Paphos after securing a court...
Coronavirus: Coffee shop shut down for breaking gambling laws, curfew
A coffee shop in the Paphos district was forced to shut down on Tuesday by the district court after its owner was found violating laws...
Gamblers break curfew at Paphos cafe, six charged
Six people have been charged and released after breaking the 8pm curfew in Paphos to gamble at a cafe. Five were customers and the sixth,...
Percentage of gambling profits supports those addicted
Around €500,000 has been used on measures aiming to prevent gambling addiction, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said in response to a parliamentary question, it was...
Twelve charged after Paphos café gambling raid
Police said Saturday they were investigating an illegal gambling gathering involving 12 individuals at a café in Paphos. According to police, at approximately 4pm on...
Gambling addiction centre to open its doors in July
Cyprus’ National Betting Authority is planning to establish a specialised prevention and intervention centre aimed at battling gambling addiction. The centre will specifically target people...
Britain bans betting on credit cards to fight gambling addiction
Britain’s 24 million gamblers will no longer be able to use credit cards to place bets under the latest move by the government to tackle...
Focus on sensible betting at gaming conference
The creation of a culture that prevents the problematic occupation with betting is crucial, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Monday, addressing the second responsible...
British bases laud end of illegal casinos after five-year clampdown within SBAs
British bases authorities said on Tuesday that since 2014, their clampdown on illegal casinos had seen more than €100,000 paid in bail money, close to...
Casinos attracted nearly half-a-million gamblers in six months
Around 470,000 people had visited the three casinos in the Republic by the end of January, gambling away €210m, the Gaming and Casino Supervision Commission,...
Neapolis researching effects of gambling
Neapolis University has recently completed research into the effects of gambling on young people. The research programme was implemented with the support of the Cyprus...