This month’s Casino Life features an article by David Clifton entitled “UK casinos – Glancing back and looking forward” in which, as the Editor’s page states, David “glances back at the key issues in the UK gambling industry in 2018 and looks forward to what may yet come in 2019”. You can download the article below. […]
Speaking about November 2018 in the final paragraph of his most recent monthly Licensing Expert article for SBC News, David Clifton said: “…. all in all, it has been month full of events to report. I have a feeling that this next month may be no less eventful”. So it has proven to be, at least […]
David Clifton is quoted in the front-page article of this month’s iGaming Times entitled “UK-facing firms rattled by escalating penalties”. The article focuses on the recent regulatory enforcement action taken by the Gambling Commission against Daub Alderney, Casumo Services and Videoslots for AML and social responsibility failings and the Commission’s resolve to take regulatory action against individuals […]
Just one week after the Remote Gambling Association was forced to deny BBC reports that its members had agreed a “whistle to whistle” sports betting advertising ban, it has been announced today by the Industry Group for Responsible Gambling (“IGRG”) that a voluntary such ban on pre-9pm television sports betting advertising (starting 5 minutes before the […]
The cover feature article of this month’s EGR Compliance 6, entitled “A Blueprint for success”, poses this question: “At a time when the activities of regulators the world over are coming under increasing scrutiny, would going back to the drawing board with regulation ultimately create a more successful and prosperous e-gaming market?” The article (that can be downloaded […]
Evaluation of Multi-Operator Self-Exclusion Schemes GambleAware has commissioned Ipsos MORI to conduct an evaluation of the online and each of the non-remote Multi-Operator Self-Exclusion Schemes (“MOSES”). The evaluation will take a phased approach, the first phase of which will focus on: research into overall awareness of self-exclusion, MOSES, and barriers to their use, preliminary research with MOSES […]
It has been announced that the Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee is launching an inquiry that will include consideration of the following questions: What are the links between gaming and gambling? What are the effects of in-game spending, especially on children, and does it need stronger monitoring or regulation? What challenges and opportunities do […]
David Clifton’s comments on matched betting are quoted in a Gambling Compliance article entitled “IBAS Managing Director warns operators of welcome bonus risks” that focuses on remarks made by Richard Hayler, managing director of the Independent Betting Adjudication Service at the Remote Gambling Association’s AGM that gambling operators’ welcome bonuses do “more damage than good to the industry’s reputation”. […]
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing within two consultation papers rules to address harm to retail consumers from the sale of certain complex derivative products including binary options and contracts for differences (“CFDs”). Binary options (i.e. financial products that involve an investor “betting” on whether an event will happen or not) are no longer regulated by […]
The UK Government is currently seeking to use a Legislative Reform Order to redistribute the Horserace Levy Board’s powers to (a) the Gambling Commission and (b) an as yet undesignated body that is expected to be created by the horseracing industry. The Levy Board currently collects a levy from bookmakers involved in the racing industry which […]
