Legal
May 15, 2020
UK Betting and Gaming Council Starts a $12.2 Million Gambling Education Campaign
BGC starts a $12.2 million campaign planning to raise awareness about the risk of gambling in young people. GamCare and YGAM will team up in an effort to reach the young population but also educate professionals close to the youth. BGC Starts an Education and Awareness Sessions on Gambling Related Harm UK’s Betting and Gaming […]
Casino
May 11, 2020
UK Gambling Suppliers Air Advertisements Instead of Social Responsibility Messages
Recent gambling adverts in the UK sparked a debate if the industry giants are not reneging on the promise to promote safer gambling messages. A Debate that Started in March Continues The saga concerning safer gambling advertisement practices began back in March. With the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK, the betting […]
Legal
May 6, 2020
FSB Agreed to £634,300 Settlement with the Gambling Commission
The gambling industry in the UK received yet another warning from the Gambling Commission, this time that if they do not carefully manage third party operations they are responsible for, they will face regulatory action. And the warning, as it is the common case recently, did not come cheap to the perpetrator, FSB Technology, which […]
Casino
April 29, 2020
Ireland’s Online Bets on the Rise, Problem Gambling Pushes Operators for Limits
While online bets are on the rise in Ireland, Problem Gambling Ireland, a charity, is proposing certain limitations to gambling operators. Irish Operators Should Apply Limitations, Problem Gambling Urges Irish operators were contacted by Problem Gambling Ireland with a request for implementing limitations. The charity has stressed the need to limit the deposits as well […]
Legal
April 22, 2020
UK Policymaker Urges Gambling Bosses to Protect Vulnerable Players
Minister Nigel Huddleston has sent a letter to gambling bosses in the UK, reminding them to enact safeguards and protect vulnerable players stuck at home. Operators Reminded to Enact Better Safeguards for Vulnerable Players On Monday, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Sport, Tourism and Heritage Nigel Huddleston sent a letter to the CEOs of the biggest […]
Legal
April 2, 2020
Caesars Agreed To £13M Regulatory Settlement For Systemic Failures
The UK Gambling Commission has announced that Caesars Entertainment accepted to pay a mammoth £13 million penalty for systemic failings with regards to social responsibility, money laundering and customer interaction. Three senior members of management have also lost their Personal Management Licenses /PML/ due to the failures that happened between 2016 and 2018. Putting Customer […]
Business
March 31, 2020
Flutter Clears CMA Phase One Regulatory Hurdle For TSG Merger
The mega-merger deal between Irish-based Flutter Entertainment and Canadian-headquartered The Stars Group /TSG/ has moved one step ahead as the Competition and Markets Authority /CMA/ in the UK has given “unconditional phase one clearance” to the proposed combination. The owner of Paddy Power Betfair exchange, Flutter Entertainment, and the owner of Sky Bet, The Stars […]
Business
March 25, 2020
UK Introduces Covid-19 Package, BGC Praises The Intervention
The Betting and Gaming Council /BGC/, the gaming body that represents 90% of the betting and gaming industry in the UK, has issued a statement regarding the unprecedented package of measures introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak last week, praising the government for the magnitude of its intervention to help businesses that […]
Business
March 22, 2020
UK Government Forces Temporary Closure Of Betting Shops
Betting shops in the UK are closing down for a period of two weeks, after the latest set of unprecedented guidelines to combat the outbreak of coronavirus /Covid-19/ spread put them in the group of non-essential businesses, alongside casinos, cafes, pubs, leisure centers, cinemas, and museums, that were asked to stop operations with immediate effect. […]
Casino
March 18, 2020
Casino and Hospitality Operators Asks Governments to Rescue Them
For a number of industries and businesses, the coronavirus outbreak was an unprecedented challenge that they never really hard enough time to prepare for. As a matter of fact, despite several expert opinions on the matter, not many people foresaw the disease becoming a problem of this magnitude. Still, the virus is already here and […]