The UK’s Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has published a new report highlighting the contribution the regulated gambling industry makes to communities, the economy, and sport. This comes just days after the BGC revealed it would work with members and tech giants to improve advertising safeguards online. The BGC’s report Published yesterday, the BGC CSR …
Conor Grant, the chief executive of Flutter UK and Ireland has said that the gambling giant will aim to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to safer gambling by continuing to ramp up protections across its multiple brands. This comes after several industry veterans, including gambling minister Chris Philp spoke at the ninth …
The UK’s Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has launched an adtech forum with several gambling operators, to see how technology can help protect vulnerable people and children online. This comes after the UK gambling industry standards body recently called on the government to focus on child protection in its upcoming gambling reform white paper. BGC …
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The UK Gambling Commission has published its Compliance and Enforcement report for 2020/21, highlighting shortcomings in social responsibility and anti-money laundering (AML) procedures in the past year. This comes after gambling minister Chris Philp spoke on the government’s commitment to implementing a single customer view earlier this week. The Commission’s Compliance and Enforcement report Yesterday, …
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The UK’s gambling Minister Chris Philp said the government will look to implement a single customer view (SCV) and a soft cap on affordability in its review of the 2005 Gambling Act. This comes as the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) called for the government to focus on protecting children from gambling harms in the …
The UK’s gambling industry body, the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has called on the government to put child protection “front and centre” of the upcoming gambling white paper. This comes after the BGC praised social media platform Facebook which is set to introduce an opt-out option for the vast majority of betting adverts on …
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Operator Greentube Alderney has been ordered to pay £685,000 by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). The UKGC told the company to pay this money in anti-money laundering settlements, and it follows an investigation launched last December. Why has Greentube been ordered to pay these settlements? On 16th December 2020, the UKGC began investigating Greentube — …
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The UK gambling charity GambleAware has published its annual update for 2020/21, revealing an improvement in gambling addiction treatment outcomes of the National Gambling Treatment Service (NGTS). According to the charity, 92% of patients that completed treatment during the 2020/21 year, improved their Problem Gambling Severity (PGS) index score. During 2020/21, the NGTS provided structured …
Online gambling group 888 Holdings has announced it has secured regulatory approvals for its takeover of William Hill’s non-US assets. This comes after 888 confirmed it won the bid for William Hill’s non-US assets with a £2.2bn ($3bn) offer. 888 receives regulatory approvals In an update this morning, 888 revealed it has secured mandatory antitrust …
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The games studio HitSqwad is set to launch in Great Britain’s regulated gambling market after receiving approval for a remote gambling software licence. This comes after the Gambling Commission awarded Oryx Gaming, a subsidiary of Bragg Gaming Group, a supplier licence to operate in the UK. HitSqwad receives GB licence The British Gambling Commission, which …
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