Archive | September, 2018

Two successes in one for Suzanne Davies!

Two successes in one! Acting for a landlord of Central London premises within the “West End cumulative impact area”, Suzanne Davies (pictured below) has recently successfully applied for a “shadow licence”, i.e. a second premises licence for a property in which the tenant operates its late-night live music business under its own pre-existing separate premises licence. Not only that, […]

Substantial financial penalty on horizon for Stride Gaming

It has been reported today that AIM-listed online gambling operator Stride Gaming PLC (whose brands include Kitty Bingo, Lucky Pants Bingo and online casino Spin and Win): is recording a £4million provision related to a financial penalty that it anticipates will be imposed by the UK Gambling Commission “by the end of the calendar year” (this follows an announcement to […]

Industry should expect “No Rationale” in quid pro quo tax game

David Clifton’s “UK Tax Hike” session at last week’s Betting on Sports conference (pictured below), focusing on the UK Government’s decision to increase remote gaming duty paid by online gaming operators, is reported by SBC News in an article entitled “Industry should expect ‘No Rationale’ in quid pro quo tax game” (that can be downloaded below). We have ourselves reported […]

CasinoBeats Summit hears some harsh tax truths

David Clifton’s “UK Tax Hike” session (forming part of the Casino Beats Summit) focusing on the UK Government’s decision to increase remote gaming duty paid by online gaming operators – on which we have reported here and which is already the subject matter of a Gambling Compliance article entitled “UK gambling operators gripe as Labour pains loom” – is also reported by […]

UK gambling operators gripe as Labour pains loom

David Clifton’s “UK Tax Hike” session (forming part of the Casino Beats Summit) focusing on the UK Government’s decision to increase remote gaming duty paid by online gaming operators – on which we have reported here – is the subject matter of an article in Gambling Compliance entitled “UK gambling operators gripe as Labour pains loom”. […]

William Hill and Greentube ads infringe CAP Code rule 16.3.13

CAP Code rule 16.3.13 requires that marketing communications for gambling must not be directed at those aged younger than 18 through the selection of media or context in which they appear. The ASA therefore considers that marketers should be able to demonstrate that they have taken reasonable steps to ensure that their gambling ads are directed at […]

See you at Betting on Sports today and tomorrow

As we have previously reported, this is “Betting on Sports” week, taking place at the Olympia Conference Centre in London. David Clifton and Suzanne Davies will be very actively participating in the conference because: at 12.10pm today (Wednesday 19 September), David will moderate a CasinoBeats panel session entitled “UK Tax Hike” in conference room 4. His panellists are Clive Hawkswood (CEO of the Remote Gambling Association), Steven […]

Gambling regulators voice concerns about skins gambling and loot boxes in video games

Voicing concerns about skins gambling and loot boxes in video games, fifteen gambling regulators from across Europe (including the regulators for the UK, Isle of Man, Gibraltar and Malta), as well as Washington State Gambling Commission in the USA, have signed an agreement to work together to address the risks created by the blurring of lines between gaming […]