Business
March 7, 2022
Aristocrat’s Playtech Bid Voted Down by UK Tier One Institutions
Former chief executive officer at Playtech Tom Hall pointed the finger at Aristocrat for orchestrating the campaign around the group of Asian investors who supposedly built a blocking stake at Playtech before the shareholder vote and acted in concert to block Aristocrat’s bid, The Financial Times reported. False Conduit Claims and Share Purchase Timings The […]
Business
March 3, 2022
Bet365 CEO Coates Banked £300M Despite Pay and Dividend Cuts
Bet365, an online gambling brand operating out of Stoke-on-Trent in the UK, announced broadly flat revenues for the financial year ended March 28, 2021, yet its founder and co-chief executive officer Denise Coates reportedly took home nearly £300 million ($400 million). Highest Paid Director 54-year-old Coates was paid a £250 million ($333 million) salary and […]
Business
March 3, 2022
UK’s National Lottery Operator Camelot Secures Gaming Certifications
UK’s National Lottery operator Camelot Group has obtained its Responsible Gaming Certifications for the European Lotteries and the Level 4 of the World Lottery Association for the fifth time in a row. The certifications are valid for three years and they were last updated in 2019. What Do the Responsible Gaming Certifications Mean? Both accreditations […]
Legal
March 2, 2022
DCMS Decision to Keep Lottery Sales Limit Sparked Criticism
Lottery organizations in the UK expressed their concern and disappointment following the release of the ongoing review of charity lottery policy by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) this week. People’s Postcode Lottery Position The review that is ongoing since August 2021 concluded that a previous increase of the charity lottery annual […]
Sports
March 2, 2022
EPIC Teams with RPA, RFU, PRL for Gambling Awareness Program
Independent UK gambling harm-prevention consultancy EPIC Risk Management announced today a new initiative in the responsible gambling space in partnership with the Rugby Players Association (RPA), Rugby Football Union (RFU), and Premiership Rugby (PRL). Multi-Year In-Depth Education The new four-year partnership agreed between EPIC Risk Management and the RPA, RFU, and PRL is expected to […]
Industry
March 2, 2022
Gamstop Continues to See a Sharp Growth in Registrations
Gamstop, a British gambling self-exclusion service, reported that it saw a huge increase in registrations on its platform throughout 2021. The spike became clear in the company’s 2021 annual review. Gamstop Says 28% More People Have Registered in 2021 According to Gamstop, its self-exclusion platform saw a whopping 28% year-on-year increase in registrations. It was […]
Industry
March 2, 2022
GambleAware Invited Tenders to Evaluate Prevention Campaign Findings
Independent UK charity GambleAware published an Invitation to Tender, seeking to commission a holistic campaign evaluation and evidence-based assessment of outcomes of its prevention campaigns. Broad Objectives The independent charity with a mission to keep people safe from gambling harms GambleAware is executing prevention campaigns to prevent both men’s and women’s gambling harm and the […]
Legal
March 1, 2022
UK Gambling Commission Fines 888 with $12.6M
The Gambling Commission of the United Kingdom announced that it imposed a £9.4 million fine against online operator 888 over money laundering and social responsibility failings. GC Introduces a Fine, Warning for 888 The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) announced on Tuesday that it introduced a monetary penalty against 888 UK Limited, a company operating 78 […]
Sports
March 1, 2022
UK Tote Group to Add Voxbet Voice and Text Messaging
UK Tote Group continues to pivot towards innovation with the company signing up a new partnership with Voxbet, a solution that is focused on allowing punters to speak directly into their devices and place a bet this way focused on horse racing. The project is designed to innovate the betting experience and is facilitated through […]
Industry
March 1, 2022
BACTA to Add YGAM and Betknowmore UK Gambling Training to Site
The British Amusement Catering Trade Association has become the latest organization to promote the importance of responsible gambling by making its Safer Gambling Training program accessible on the association’s dedicated bactaPortal. The program is the brainchild of YGAM and Betknowmore UK, which are focused on developing infrastructure that sheds scientific evidence into the development of […]