Tag Archives: gambling

David Clifton to speak in forthcoming IAGA Financial Crimes Risk webinar

David Clifton will be the sole non-American panellist in the forthcoming IAGA Best Practice Webinar entitled “Assessing Financial Crimes Risk Against Recent Regulatory and Environmental Changes” to be broadcast online at 4pm UK time (8am PST) on Wednesday 22 July 2020. Details of this free webinar are set out below. Assessing Financial Crimes Risk Against […]

Government tells pubs, clubs, restaurants, casinos etc to close and announces further financial support

At the daily coronavirus press conference this evening (20 March 2019), the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced the following: The government is now telling pubs, bars, cafes and restaurants (subsequently extended during his speech to clubs, theatres, cinemas, gyms and leisure centres) “to close tonight as soon […]

Tighter gambling advertising restrictions welcomed by the Gambling Commission

The Gambling Commission has welcomed yesterday’s CAP announcements of tightened gambling advertising standards which focus on adverts appealing to problem gamblers and guidance for advertisers of free bets and bonuses. In a website posting (that can be downloaded below), the Commission says in relation to the standards which focus on adverts appealing to problem gamblers (which will come into effect […]

New CAP standards on ‘free’ bets and bonuses take immediate effect

Accompanying today’s announcement by the Committees of Advertising Practice (“CAP”) of tougher standards on gambling advertising (focusing on advertisements’ appeal to problem gamblers), are new standards on free bets and bonuses that come into force immediately today. CAP’s Guidance for advertisers of free bets and bonuses (that can be downloaded below) are intended to help advertisers understand the ASA, […]

New tougher standards on gambling advertising announced by CAP

The Committees of Advertising Practice (“CAP”) have today updated their guidance on gambling advertising as part of the ongoing effort by all relevant regulators to ensure problem gamblers and vulnerable consumers are being treated fairly. That guidance (that can be downloaded below) is intended to help marketers and agencies interpret CAP and BCAP’s gambling rules (set out in […]