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Regulus Partners reviews World Cup 2022 trends, which provides a clear narrative of sports betting’s new and old world markets colliding. Whilst going into extra time, Brazil fails to deliver on its federal sports betting law…   France vs Argentina was hardly an unexpected final to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. However, nearly everything else was different. The time of year …

Regulus Partners details year-end frustrations as yet again, UK gambling scrutinises ministerial movements in the absence of no White Paper being published, providing no indication on the Gambling Review’s final outcome. This week offered cause for cautious optimism for those seeking a coherent outcome to the government’s review of gambling legislation, as the minister responsible, Paul Scully (Cons, Sutton & …

The board of 888 Holdings has provided a group financing update alongside its Q3 2022 trading results, published this morning. Enlarging its business by acquiring William Hill UK and International units, 888   carries a long-term debt structure across instruments with maturities ranging from five-to-six years. The FTSE250 operator announced that it had entered a “series of hedging arrangements” to fix …

Regulus Partners dissects the ‘mini-budget’ statement summoned by new Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng, as the closing months of 2022 will reveal the true impact of macro trends on UK gambling as consumers face a winter pinch. For the first time in over a decade, macroeconomic issues are likely to be the dominant drivers of revenue performance in more …

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 …

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 …

Strategic advisory firm Regulus Partners has acquired Global Betting & Gaming Consultants (GBGC), intending to leverage the latter’s proven capabilities and ‘high-quality team’. Regulus, which focuses on the sports and leisure industries including gambling, will incorporate GBGC’s global betting and gaming data and reports into its wider portfolio.  The firm – which contributes regularly to SBC’s Winning Post series examining …

In 2019 the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) launched its three-year National Strategy placing stakeholder collaboration at the forefront of minimising gambling harms. Come 2022, Regulus Partners observes that collaboration is no longer a desired discipline as stakeholders pursue individual actions to tackle gambling’s most complex and pressing matter.   Today is the final day of the National Strategy to Reduce …

Regulus Partners digs deep as to why the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) decided to introduce tough new measures to control the appeal and engagement of gambling advertising with young audiences. To the surprise of observers, the UK’s advertising monitor has moved ahead of regulatory judgements on industry marketing standards that were due to be settled by the government’s review …

Last week, GambleAware grabbed media headlines, publishing its annual YouGov treatment support survey that contradicted Gambling Commission % figures on disorder rates. Critical of GambleAware’s self-selected research, Regulus Partners warns that the charity has deflected from recognising real progress on treating and detecting gambling disorders.  Even by the standards of recent times, this was an utterly hopeless week for public …