betting

gambling

Tough luck: Swiss to block foreign-based gambling sites from July 1st

Switzerland will next week implement one of Europe's strictest gambling laws, essentially blocking foreign-based companies from the Swiss market and forcing the country's online gamblers to use domestic sites, Bern said on Monday.

gambling

Swiss vote to block foreign-based gambling sites

Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved on Sunday blocking foreign-based betting sites in a high-stakes referendum on a new gambling law designed to prevent addiction, but which opponents said amounted to internet censorship.

Money

Valais man wins over a million francs on the horses... with a 2.50 franc bet

A man from the Valais on Saturday won 1,147,090 francs by betting on a Paris horse race with a 2.50 franc stake.

corruption

Anti-match-fixing treaty signed in Switzerland

Sports ministers from across Europe gathered in Switzerland on Thursday to sign a treaty aimed at rooting out the "scourge" of match-fixing and illegal betting in sports.