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DCMS diversifies Big Lottery Fund’s oversight with new board members

SBC News DCMS diversifies Big Lottery Fund's oversight with new board members

DCMS and the Secretary of State have announced the appointment of four new members to serve on the board of the National Lottery Community Fund. Commonly referred to as the ‘Big Lottery Fund’ – the Community Fund is managed as an independent public body that is charged with overseeing the grant-making duties and distribution of funds for good causes generated …

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Winning Post: UK’s carry-on Gambling Review goes down Hill…

SBC News Winning Post: UK's carry-on Gambling Review goes down Hill...

Regulus Partners reflects on the week that the UK Gambling Review reached its embarrassing slapstick stage, wearing down all industry stakeholders as an Autumn delay beckons the White Paper’s publishing. The farcical handling of the current stage of Britain’s Gambling Act Review was brought to a fitting conclusion last week as the minister responsible, Chris Philp MP, bowed out with …

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Boris fallout sees UK gambling face another Review delay  

SBC News Boris fallout sees UK gambling face another Review delay  

Boris Johnson’s resignation as Prime Minister has left UK gambling in limbo with regards to its regulatory future, as frustrated incumbents continue to wait for the publication of the government’s White Paper review of the 2005 Gambling Act. As the current situation stands, the government has under two weeks to publish the White Paper before Parliament’s recess on 22 July. …

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Ministerial resignations prompt Premier League to delay betting sponsor vote

SBC News Ministerial resignations prompt Premier League to delay betting sponsor vote

The Premier League has postponed its planned vote on the future of betting shirt sponsorships due to the UK’s chaotic political situation, Sky News reports.  Earlier this week, sources suggested that the English top-flight had requested its clubs to vote on a measure which would see sponsorship deals with betting operators phased out over a three-year period.  The League had …

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Chris Philp resigns from DCMS as Boris’ affairs hinder gambling White Paper progress

SBC News Chris Philp resigns from DCMS as Boris’ affairs hinder gambling White Paper progress

Chris Philp, DCMS Minister for Tech and Digital, has joined the ranks of Conservative MPs that have resigned from their appointed office, protesting the leadership of PM Boris Johnson. Johnson has been hit with a tidal wave of resignations over the past two days, and whilst much of the public’s attention has understandably been on the political consequences, the gambling …

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DCMS stands firm against Camelot’s £600m pursuit of National Lottery damages

SBC News DCMS stands firm against Camelot's £600m pursuit of National Lottery damages

Camelot UK’s High Court challenge of the Fourth National Lottery Licence Competition could cost the UK government £600m in damages – should the lawsuit deem the competition as an unfair outcome.  The operating steward of the National Lottery since its 1994 inception, Camelot refuses to accept the ruling of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) to award its next 10-year operating …

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CopyBet heads towards ‘exciting season’ working with QPR

SBC News CopyBet heads towards ‘exciting season’ working with QPR

CopyBet has secured a deal in becoming the official betting partner of Queens Park Rangers Football Club (QPR), starting from the 2022/23 season. CopyBet’s collaboration with the EFL Championship team will see the bookmaker’s branding feature on the back of the first team’s playing shirts. Anton Ivanov, Business Development Director, CopyBet UK, stated: “We are delighted to announce our partnership …

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Winning Post: Knight rides the Rambling Rhodes

SBC News Winning Post: Knight rides the Rambling Rhodes

Regulus Partners reports that Gambling Commission Chief Executive Andrew Rhodes was ambushed by Julian Knight MP on questions related to mandatory affordability checks,  a subject that gambling stakeholders require transparency on the review’s pending technical reforms.  The Gambling Commission found itself under fire once again this week as its chief executive, Andrew Rhodes appeared before the Culture, Media and Sport …

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Premier League secures own terms to phase out betting sponsorships

SBC News Premier League secures own terms to phase out betting sponsorships

The Premier League has made the decision to phase out betting company front-of-shirt sponsorships according to Sky News. The outlet reported this afternoon that English football’s top-flight will gradually remove arrangements which see betting firm logos appear on the front of team shirts ‘over the next few years’. However, in a compromise the League has allegedly proposed the idea of …

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UK Gambling Review to focus on technical constraints as conflicts loom on final judgements 

Stoke MP urges UKGC to follow govt ‘political direction’ on White Paper

Speculation continues to mount on the pending outcomes of the government’s review of the UK gambling sector, whose White Paper of Recommendations has been pushed back to July, by DCMS. This morning, The Times and Daily Mail reported that PM Boris Johnson will maintain his 2019 General Election pledge of imposing significant curbs on the online gambling sector, needed to …

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