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MPs split on what is intrusive & frictionless on affordability checks debate

Report: RET levy likely as MPs reappraise White Paper

The debate on UK gambling adopting mandatory affordability checks on customers has drawn distinct opinions across political ranks. Yesterday, the debate was brought to Westminster Hall as MPs responded to UK racing’s petition to “abandon financial risk checks as proposed by the White Paper”. Collecting over 103,000 signatures, UK racing cites that the current proposals favoured by the UK Gambling …

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Betfair shortens odds on Labour majority as Tories stick with Sunak 

SBC News Betfair shortens odds on Labour majority as Tories stick with Sunak 

The Labour Party’s odds of winning a forthcoming General Election have shortened to 1/4 following by-election wins in the constituencies of Kingswood and Wellingborough. Yesterday’s double victory sees Betfair Politics improve Labour’s odds of winning the next UK election from 1/3 to 1/4 (80%). Of significance, observers noted the significant swings of 11,000 votes in Kingswood and 18,500 in Wellingborough …

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Damian Green takes charge of DCMS Committee 2023 agenda

SBC News Damian Green takes charge of DCMS Committee 2023 agenda

The UK government has this morning announced that Damian Green will serve as Chair of the DCMS Committee to oversee the department’s work on current inquiries. Green has agreed to stand as Chair in the absence of Julian Knight (MP for Solihull), who recused himself from Parliament last month to resolve sexual harassment complaints made against him to the Metropolitan …

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GambleAware enlarges board to guide new strategy

SBC News GambleAware enlarges board to guide new strategy

GambleAware has expanded its governance board, announcing the appointment of four new trustees, to help the charity achieve the objectives of its new five-year organisational strategy.  The trustees will strengthen GambleAware’s oversight on public health matters and the commissioning of grants for gambling harm research, education and treatment (RET) projects. Labour House of Lords peer Baroness Hillary Armstrong joins the …

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Michael Dugher: ‘Gambling review needs to be led by facts not fiction’

BGC pledges to maintain safer gambling momentum. Michael Dugher.

Writing in Commons news source Politicshome.com, Michael Dugher – Chief Executive of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) – has warned MPs that there is ‘too much fiction swirled around the debate of gambling’.  As the review of the 2005 Gambling Act goes through its ‘call-for-evidence’ phase, Dugher and the BGC have welcomed the government’s ‘determination to drive big changes’ …

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Shadow Charity Minister praises YGAM’s ‘resilience under lockdown’

SBC News Shadow Charity Minister praises YGAM's 'resilience under lockdown'

Rachael Maskell, the Shadow Minister for UK Charities, has branded the Young Gamers & Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM) as ‘a leading example of how charities have innovated’. The Labour MP for York Central praised the work of YGAM staff who continue to deliver the charity’s youth education programmes on gambling, despite also navigating the unprecedented challenges of national lockdown. Maskell, …

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David Clifton: Licensing Expert – Consensus cannot be the hardest word

SBC News David Clifton: Licensing Expert – Consensus cannot be the hardest word

If the gambling industry buzzword for the last two years has been “collaboration”, it looks as if this year’s might well be “consensus”. Speaking personally, I am all for that. It’s a word that featured prominently in speeches by former Labour Party Deputy Leader, Tom Watson, and Gambling Commission CEO, Neil McArthur at ICE on 4 February. Watson used it …

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David Clifton: Licensing Expert – The future is within the industry’s power!

SBC News David Clifton: Licensing Expert – The future is within the industry’s power!

For the first time that I can recall, all four major UK political parties have featured gambling reform within their respective General Election manifestos. As a result, it’s clear that, regardless of the outcome of Thursday’s voting, the industry’s regulatory landscape will experience some fundamental change in the not too distant future. Online is the clearly declared focus but the …

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Keir Adams, SBTech: Pricing betting’s most unpredictable market

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Bookmakers will have their political credentials put under the spotlight once again, as the UK prepares for a general election on Thursday 12 December. Following year-on-year political upsets since 2015, Keir Adams, Head of UK Sports at SBTech, spoke to SBC News about pricing betting’s most unpredictable market. SBC: How do you price an election? And how do you price in …

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