Comments by David Clifton on one discrete aspect of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee’s “Gambling regulation: problem gambling and protecting vulnerable people” report (published on 28 June 2020) feature in an EGR article published today (30 June 2020) entitled “Industry reaction to suggestion UKGC and DCMS have “unacceptably weak” grasp of gambling-harm impact”. […]
In a complete about-turn from its previous firmly adopted position (quoted by David Clifton in the current edition of iGB’s Affiliate Monitor entitled “The affiliate sector and the Covid-19 crisis”), Responsible Affiliates in Gambling (“RAiG”) has announced its support for a licensing or registration regime for gambling affiliates. Its press release published today (30 June 2020) states […]
On 26 June 2020 the Advisory Board for Safer Gambling – an independent advisory body funded by the Gambling Commission – published its “Progress Report on the National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms” (that you can download below). You can find out more about the National Strategy here. The Progress Report’s Executive Summary states as […]
Responding to today’s House of Commons Public Accounts Committee’s “Gambling Regulation: Problem Gambling and Protecting Vulnerable People” report, the Betting and Gaming Council has stated: The Betting and Gaming Council was established last year to drive up standards across our industry, and we are determined that this is a race to the top. We have […]
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has today (28 June 2020) published its “Gambling regulation: problem gambling and protecting vulnerable people” report (that you can download below). In what will add fuel to the fire arising from the Gambling Related Harm APPG’s recent call for a complete overhaul of UK gambling regulation on the […]
David Clifton’s just published “UK Casinos Post-Coronavirus” article for the current edition of Casino Life magazine provides a completely up to date account of the challenges facing English land-based casinos that had, until as recently as 23 June 2020, been expecting to be able to re-open for business on 4 July 2020 (as reported by […]
The forthcoming CasinoBeats Malta Digital “Gambling Payments & Self-Governance” panel session that David Clifton is moderating on Wednesday 1 July 2020 features in a Gambling Insider article entitled “Market-leading operators set for CasinoBeats Malta Digital’s Payment Expert track”. You can download the article below. Also on 1 July, David will be hosting a “Getting a UK […]
On Monday 29 June 2020, MPs will consider all stages of the Business and Planning Bill (introduced in the House of Commons on 25 June 2020) that, if enacted, will relax planning and licensing laws to help the hospitality industry recover from the coronavirus lockdown. Explanatory Notes to the Bill describe its intention as being […]
In confirming a further temporary extension to regulatory return submission dates, the Gambling Commission has stated as follows in its website posting of today (24 June 2020): Regulatory returns – further temporary extension to submission dates Regulatory returns are a basic condition of holding a gambling licence and we still expect them to be submitted […]
In May 2020, members of the Northern Ireland Assembly formed the All Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling in order to address issues associated with gambling related harm in the region. Its counterpart within the Houses of Parliament at Westminster, the Gambling Related Harm All Party Parliamentary Group, has today (23 June 2020) […]
