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A law prohibited games of chance via the internet. The Departamento de Jogos ran, for example, the Portuguese national lottery, established in 1783, and continued with people drawing numbers by lots. It allowed the Totobola for betting on football and Totogolo for betting on the number of goals. It imposed fines of €65k on Liga and €74,500 ...
The Lisbon Holy House of Mercy MHIH ( Portuguese: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa) is a Portuguese charitable organisation that, in modern times, serves also as the national lottery and off-course betting operator. In spite of its historical links to the Catholic Church, it is today a secular legal person in the public administrative ...
Santa Casa da Misericórdia. The Misericórdia of Lisbon. The church and hospital of the Misericórdia of Santarém, Portugal. Santa Casa da Misericórdia is a lay Portuguese charity founded in 1498, whose mission is to treat and support the sick, the disabled, as well as abandoned newborns.
The church. The basilica containing the Santa Casa is a Late Gothic structure built starting from 1468, [ 4] and continued by Giuliano da Maiano, Giuliano da Sangallo, and Donato Bramante. [ 5] It is 93 metres (305 ft) long, 60 m (200 ft) wide, and its campanile is 75.6 m (248 ft) high. The façade of the church was erected under Sixtus V, who ...
Santa Clara (after one year absence), Nacional (after three years absence) and AVS (promoted for the first time in their history), were promoted from the 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2, replacing Vizela, Chaves and Portimonense (relegated after three, two and seven years on the top flight, respectively).
The Primeira Liga ( Portuguese pronunciation: [pɾiˈmɐjɾɐ ˈliɣɐ] ), officially known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, it is contested by 18 teams since the 2014–15 season, with the three lowest-placed teams ...
The Scala Sancta (English: Holy Stairs, Italian: Scala Santa) are a set of 28 white marble steps located in an edifice on extraterritorial property of the Holy See in Rome, Italy proximate to the Archbasilica of Saint John in Laterano. [ 1] Officially, the edifice is titled the Pontifical Sanctuary of the Holy Stairs ( Pontificio Santuario ...
The Holy House of Mercy of Macau ( Portuguese: Santa Casa da Misericórdia; Chinese: 仁慈堂大樓 ), is a historic building in Senado Square, Sé, Macau. Established as a branch of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia, it was first built in 1569 on the orders of the Bishop of Macau, Belchior Carneiro Leitão . It was a medical clinic and several ...