We regularly write articles for industry and legal journals & magazines, including commentaries for Online Gambling Lawyer & iGaming Business, a monthly “Licensing Expert” piece for SBC News and a fortnightly page for Pub & Bar and, with their permission, are reproducing them on our website, together with our own news items and reports on topical issues affecting the leisure and gambling industries.

The future is within the industry’s power!

It’s UK General Election day as we post this on our website and David Clifton’s monthly Licensing Expert article for SBC News – entitled “The future is within the industry’s power!” – picks up on what each of the four major UK political parties have promised in terms of gambling law reform in their respective […]

More signs of 2020 looking set to become a challenging year for the gambling industry

The Financial Times has reported that Conservative Party peer, Lord Chadlington (a vocal campaigner on safer gambling and Vice-Chair of the Gambling Related Harm All-Party Parliamentary Group) is announcing the establishment of an independent charity (called Action Against Gambling Harm) that will administer funds raised by the UK’s five largest gambling companies for safer gambling initiatives, including the treatment […]

Michael Dugher appointed Chief Executive of BGC w.e.f. Spring 2020

The Betting and Gaming Council (“BGC”) has announced that, with effect from Spring 2020, Michael Dugher (pictured below) has been appointed as its new chief executive. The BGC website reports on his appointment as follows: The Betting and Gaming Council is dedicated to improving the gambling environment for a safe and entertaining customer experience. It […]

GambleAware’s 7th annual conference focuses on children and young people

GambleAware held its 7th annual conference yesterday, 5th December 2019, with the theme “Keeping children and young people safe from gambling harms”.  You can download below: The conference programme The conference speech delivered yesterday by GambleAware’s CEO, Marc Etches A press release entitled “Young people key focus of GambleAware conference as as findings of in-depth study reveal what factors influence […]

Health Survey for England 2018 reports on adult gambling behaviours

NHS Digital (formerly the NHS Information Centre) has published the 28th Health Survey for England (“HSE”). Contrary to what might be imagined from a number of popular media reports, the survey data contains some encouraging signs that gambling industry efforts to address gambling-related harms have been taking effect. You can access here a Quick Guide […]

Strictly on condition

In her article for this month’s Pub & Bar magazine legal page entitled “Strictly on condition” – that can be downloaded below – Suzanne Davies explains the principles that apply to imposition of premises licence conditions in England and Wales. You can also download below the Licensing Act 2003 – Councillors’ Handbook (England and Wales), to […]

UK election hopefuls put gambling in the crosshairs

Comments by David Clifton feature in an iGaming Times front page headline article entitled “UK election hopefuls put gambling in the crosshairs”. You can download below both the headline article and the online version of the article. We have previously set out here the manifesto proposals of the four main UK political parties published in advance of the 12 December 2019 General […]

CAP consultation on featuring children and young people in lottery ads

The Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) have announced a public consultation on amending existing rules around featuring children and young people in ads for lotteries. The consultation (that can be downloaded below) closes at 5pm on 23 January 2020. The proposed changes retain the existing protections for children of ensuring that lottery ads do not contain content […]

Latest UK gambling industry statistics published

The Gambling Commission has published its current gambling Industry Statistics report, covering the period April 2016 to March 2019. Such statistics are derived from the data provided by UK licence holders through their regulatory returns. They are published twice a year (in May and November) in order to provide the latest information on each sector that is regulated by the […]