Tag Archives: Peers for Gambling Reform

David Clifton: Licensing Expert – All eyes focused on on gambling’s A-Factor

SBC News David Clifton: Licensing Expert – All eyes focused on on gambling's A-Factor

January 2019 famously saw the introduction of the gambling advertising ban in Italy, with forecasts of the disaster that would befall the industry if similar prohibitions spread across Europe. The following year a new Royal Decree on Commercial Communications imposing strict limitations on gambling advertising in Spain was approved by the European Commission. Only the COVID-19 pandemic has delayed its …

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Winning Post: Anti gambling lobby makes bold move for Boris full attention

SBC News Winning Post: Anti gambling lobby makes bold move for Boris full attention

Regulus Partners observes a week of bold anti-gambling lobby plays carried out in Commons, the House of Lords and UK media – undertaken to ensure that PM Boris Johnson maintains his election pledge to drastically reform the UK gambling sector. The heat on gambling was turned up again this week as the Peers for Gambling Reform and the Gambling-related Harm …

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September to October 2020 in Review: Autumn signals a ‘generational change’

SBC News September to October 2020 in Review: Autumn signals a 'generational change'

2020’s Autumn months held no respite for betting leadership, as the sector was placed at the forefront of global business headlines reporting on inbound changes be it through regulatory challenges, M&A or leadership changes… SBC – Politics and M&A make global betting the headline maker…  The betting industry’s autumn proceedings begun with further political maneuverers centred around the UK government’s …

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David Clifton, Licensing Expert: Tight deadline to comply with new High Value Customer requirements

SBC News David Clifton, Licensing Expert: Tight deadline to comply with new High Value Customer requirements

Let’s start with some context… It is more than six years now since the Gambling Commission flagged up concerns about the insulation of high-value “VIP customers” from the social responsibility obligations and practices applying elsewhere in gambling operators’ businesses. This was accompanied by a series of regulatory failings where operators had appeared reluctant to interact with commercially valuable customers on …

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Winning Post: Another twist in the tale for Brazil’s legislative journey…

SBC News Winning Post: Another twist in the tale for Brazil’s legislative journey...

Regulus Partners examines further political roadblocks in Brazil’s pot-holed journey towards market regulation. Meanwhile, back in Blighty, industry observers will tune-in to the Gambling-related Harm All Party Parliamentary Group’s one-off session on Children and Gambling. Brazil: gambling regulation – waning The last couple of weeks have produced two significant twists in Brazil’s gambling legislative journey. The first was a Supreme …

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