The Gambling Commission’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer Sarah Gardner delivered a speech at the 2021 Bacta Annual Convention, highlighting the Commission’s progress towards a more sustainable gambling market, earlier this week. Bacta is the trade association for the amusement and gaming machine industry in the UK. What did Gardner say? In her speech to the …
The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has welcomed the news that Facebook is set to introduce an opt-out option for the vast majority of betting adverts on its platform. This comes after the BGC hailed Safer Gambling Week 2021 as a major success. BGC welcomes Facebook betting ad opt-out Last week, the BGC welcomed the …
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Online gambling giant Flutter Entertainment has announced plans to acquire the UK online bingo operator Tombola for an enterprise value of £402m ($543m). In the announcement, the online bingo operator Tombola was described as “the UK’s most recreational online bingo operator.” Flutter to acquire Tombola Today, Flutter announced plans to acquire the UK-based online bingo …
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The London-based technology provider International Game Technology (IGT) has announced plans to spin off its online gambling business. The announcement was revealed during the firm’s investor day on Tuesday and is intended to maximize value from its Digital & Betting operation. What is IGT’s plan? As outlined on the investor day, IGT plans to establish …
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The UK’s Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has branded Safer Gambling Week 2021 as a “huge success” after data revealed the event generated 25 million social media impressions. According to the data, 2021’s social media impressions were up 19% on last year’s Safer Gambling Week. Safer Gambling Week 2021 performance According to data released for …
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Microgaming has announced plans to sell its Quickfire business to the newly founded supplier Games Global. The newly formed supplier Games Global was founded earlier this year. Games Global is a private capital-backed company led by CEO Walter Bugno, formerly of IGT and Lottomatica, and CFO Tim Mickley, previously of SafeCharge and Playtech. MicroGaming to …
The UK’s responsible gambling charity, GambleAware, has awarded a £250,000 grant for new research into women’s lived experiences of gambling harms to a team of experts who will investigate the issue. This comes after the charity revealed that awareness of the National Gambling Treatment Service (NGTS) is continuing to grow. GambleAware commissions research Today the …
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The online gambling giant Entain has announced the launch of “EnTrain”, a new multi-million-pound global initiative to increase access to technology and improve diversity. The gambling group’s new corporate social responsibility initiative aims to improve access to technology for underrepresented communities and “positively impact the lives of over 1 million people around the world, either …
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The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled against the online gambling operator 888 Holdings in regards to a “misleading” advert posted on an affiliate marketing site. This comes after the ASA recently ruled against ads from Napoleon Casinos and Ladbrokes regarding advertising standards. 888’s “misleading” ad The ad in question promoted the 888 brand, …
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The UK Gambling Commission has published an interim report indicating that the regulator’s credit card ban is popular among consumers and has resulted in no harmful consequences. Back in April 2020, the UK regulator introduced a ban on using credit cards to fund online and retail gambling in an effort to add another layer of …
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