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Harris Hagan: Legal Eye… The Gambling Commission’s powers to come

SBC News Harris Hagan: Legal Eye… The Gambling Commission’s powers to come

The government has pledged to reorganise the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) to become a more capable and intelligence-led regulator overseeing UK Gambling’s statutory remit and future challenges. David Whyte Senior Associate at Harris Hagan, provides his legal eye on which new or enhanced regulatory powers will be granted to the Commission and its impact on licensees adjustment to UK gambling’s …

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UKGC allows Videoslots to pay £2m for repeat LCCP failings  

SBC News UKGC allows Videoslots to pay £2m for repeat LCCP failings  

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has allowed the Malta-based online casino group, Videoslots Limited, to pay a £2m regulatory settlement for breaches in regulatory compliance. This settlement follows the UKGC’s investigation into Videoslots, which focused on the company’s failure to match its LCCP duties from October 2019 to February 2022. The operator was found to have failed to implement AML …

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David Clifton, Licensing Expert: Probing the White Paper’s Great Unknowns…

SBC News David Clifton, Licensing Expert: Probing the White Paper's Great Unknowns...

Licensing Expert David Clifton reflects in his one-on-one interview with Gambling Commission CEO Andrew Rhodes at last month’s CasinoBeats Summit in Malta. Rhodes is the key stakeholder in how the Gambling Review’s White Paper will conclude on the unspecified policies of affordability, financial vulnerability, frictionless checks and more… In my last ‘Licensing Expert’ article for SBC News, I suggested that …

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UKGC to close consultation on GAMSTOP extension and suicide disclosure

SBC News UKGC to close consultation on GAMSTOP extension and suicide disclosure

UK gambling stakeholders have been notified that the consultation on proposed changes on ‘Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice’ will be closed Tuesday 23 May.  Launched on 28 February, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) sought feedback and guidance on the proposal to expand GAMSTOP’s self-exclusion scheme across all gambling licences. The potential extension of GAMSTOP across all gambling categories (online …

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David Clifton: Licensing Expert – William Hill tells a story of a predictable outcome

SBC News David Clifton: Licensing Expert - William Hill tells a story of a predictable outcome

The record + £19m fine imposed on William Hill reveals why UK gambling Plcs have found it hard to accommodate new rules on Social Responsibility and Customer Interaction… A reality previously foretold by David Clifton.      The regulatory settlements pursuant to which William Hill are obliged to pay a record total of £19.2 million for social responsibility and anti-money …

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Bill South: Top Guns should view betting integrity as a sustainable goal

SBC News Bill South: Top Guns should view betting integrity as a sustainable goal

In a new series for SBC, gambling compliance and integrity expert Bill South reflects on the current operating challenges facing industry leadership… in which a deeper focus is required to understand the threats and complexities surrounding betting integrity, a factor that has not been addressed by the Gambling Review. What is the cost of integrity to the sports betting industry? …

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Licensing Expert: Those were the weeks that were

SBC News Licensing Expert: Those were the weeks that were

A rollercoaster year has seen the Gambling Review contend with back-to-back government changes and a leadership overhaul at the Gambling Commission,  as the industry is promised that the White Paper will be published ‘in the coming weeks’. Before a much-needed break, David Clifton dissects the final industry briefings by new DCMS Gambling Minister Paul Scully and UKGC CEO Andrew Rhodes …

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UKGC notifies operators of consultation on SR guidance

Sarah Garnder: UKGC consultation conclusions due this summer

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has reminded licensed operators and stakeholders to submit feedback on its consultation related to newly issued guidance on remote customer interactions. The Commission launched the consultation on 22 November, seeking feedback on new customer care interactions imposed on remote operators – the majority of which came into force in September 2022.   Originally announced in April …

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UKGC: Gambling protections work, but children require better influences to prevent harm

SBC News UKGC: Gambling protections work, but children require better influences to prevent harm

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has published its long-awaited ‘Young People and Gambling Report’, following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on its survey research.  Since 2011, the Commission has surveyed 11 to 16-year-olds’ involvement in gambling as a key assessment of market safeguards to protect children from being harmed or exploited by gambling. Last month, the …

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David Clifton: Licensing Expert – So what comes next?

SBC News David Clifton: Licensing Expert – So what comes next?

Though blighted by chaotic changes to the government, which will likely see no publishing of the Gambling Review White Paper in 2022. Licensing Expert David Clifton observes strategic manoeuvres that indicate which criteria stakeholders want the Review’s remaining proceedings to focus on. Consensus points out that an abandonment of the White Paper would not represent good news for either the …

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