The Law Commission has today published a report arising from its review, commissioned in December 2017 by the Home Office, into limited aspects of the anti-money laundering regime in Part 7 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the counter-terrorism financing regime in Part 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000. Specifically, the Law Commission was asked to […]
Deputy Leader of The Labour Party, Tom Watson, has today delivered a speech to the think-tank Demos in which he proposes the establishment of a ‘new gambling ombudsman to protect UK consumers’. You can see and hear him delivering his speech on FacebookLive here. His speech was previewed by: SBC News in an article entitled “Tom Watson […]
The Gambling Commission has released on YouTube a new video which it says: “provides an introduction to customer interaction and what you need to be doing to identify people who may be at risk of, or experiencing, gambling harm. It explains, clearly, what customer interaction is and how you can execute it properly”. The timing of publication of […]
Suzanne Davies successfully overcame objections from Durham’s MP, Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods, and the city’s Parish Council to obtain the grant of a premises licence enabling the sale of alcohol and provision of film and other entertainment at Odeon Cinemas’ new Odeon Luxe cinema in Durham. The cinema has six screens (including a state-of-the-art iSense screen), […]
Between 14 February and 9 May 2019, the Gambling Commission consulted on proposed changes to provisions within its Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP) relating to alternative dispute resolution (ADR). That consultation set out the reasoning for the Commission’s proposal that gambling businesses should be required to use only ADR providers who meet its additional standards, as well as the ADR regulations. […]
On 3 June 2019, Apple announced a number of updates to the App Store Review Guidelines. You can download Apple’s updates document below. Included within those updates is one that immediately hit gambling industry media headlines, i.e. the update to guideline 4.7 which states: “HTML5 games distributed in apps may not provide access to real […]
Platinum Gaming Limited (part of the Kindred Group), is the latest online gambling operator to incur, by way of a regulatory settlement, a substantial financial penalty – in its case £1.6million – for failing to identify gambling harm and to prevent money laundering. The Gambling Commission’s announcement to this effect follows just one day after […]
In her article for this month’s “legal” page for Pub & Bar magazine entitled “Time to have your say about the Pubs Code and the PCA” (that can be downloaded below), Suzanne Davies explains how readers can make their views known in response to a consultation (that closes at 11.45pm on 22 July 2019), in which the […]
The Gambling Commission has today announced that, by way of a regulatory settlement, online gambling operator, Gamesys (Gibraltar) Limited trading as jackpotjoy.com, is to pay £1.2million for failing to prevent gambling harm and breaching money laundering regulations. The Public Statement setting out the terms of the regulatory settlement can be downloaded below. This follows a Gambling […]
In a move likely to be welcomed by many in the hospitality industry, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a new Night Time Enterprise Zone programme intended to boost the capital’s high streets at night, alongside what is described as “an innovative new partnership” to support London’s live music scene. London boroughs have been […]
