Tag Archives: 2005 Gambling Act

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has launched a review of Bet-at-home’s UK operations, suspending the firm’s licence whilst doing so. Making the announcement this morning, the UK national regulator revealed that the German operator – which maintains offices in Malta and Gibraltar – may have been operating contrary to the conditions of the 2005 Gambling Act. Specifically, the UKGC detailed …

The President and Vice-President of the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) have written to Gambling Minister Chris Philp, making recommendations ahead of the Gambling Act review White Paper. Although the consultation period for recommendations informing the legislative overhaul ended on 1 April, Professor Maggie Rae (President) and Greg Fell (VP) expressed their viewpoint on developing a better public …

The FIFA World Cup is one of the biggest events in the sporting calendar and subsequently for bookmakers, but this year’s tournament comes with some unique challenges.  Discussing the turbulent marketing conditions ahead of the winter World Cup this November/December, the ‘Making noise ahead of Qatar – driving cooperation between product and marketing’ panel identified potential hurdles but also keys …

The White Paper on the 2005 Gambling Act review has been highly anticipated for some time now, with a government announcement expected earlier this spring. With reports circulating in the press as to the result of the over one-and-a-half year-long process, UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) CEO Andrew Rhodes issued an update on progress whilst addressing the Westminster Media Forum Gambling …

The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has provided further details on its ‘Levelling Up’ plans for the next five years, as the standards body aims to assist with the UK’s post-COVID bounceback. Issuing an update this morning, the British betting and gaming trade association and standards body detailed that its members plan to generate 15,000 tech jobs over the next …

The UK’s four betting and gaming industry trade associations have confirmed that this year’s Safer Gambling Week will take place between 17-23 October. Issuing a joint update, the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), Bingo Association, Lotteries Council and amusements representative Bacta pledged to ‘build on last year’s record breaking success’. The organisations stated that this year’s event will feature a …

The operating licence of Goldchip Limited has been suspended by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), as a review under section 116 of the Gambling Act 2005 is carried out. The announcement follows reports that activities may have been carried out contrary to the Act, not in accordance with conditions of its licence and that the firm may be ‘unsuitable to …

Regulus Partners observes that the UK government has remained silent on several key reviews ahead of the pending publication of its White Paper on Gambling Review recommendations… As with Monty Python’s Spanish Inquisition, it is extremely hard to know when to expect key events in the government’s review of the 2005 Gambling Act. This week’s non-barking dog was the Government …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has revealed that the country’s problem gambling rate has dropped for another year to 0.2%, prompting the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) to praise the industry’s efforts.  Issuing an update, the UKGC demonstrated that problem gambling rates had consistently fallen year-on-year from 2020 onwards, with the March 2020 figure standing at 0.6%, falling to 0.4% …

DAZN has hired another industry veteran to the leadership team of its sports betting venture DAZN BET, appointing Gemma Burge as Head of Safer Gambling.  Burge specialises in risk management and safer gambling for the online and land-based betting and gaming sectors, having accumulated experience over a 15 year career, which included employment at Sky Bet and William Hill. At …