Archive | December, 2020

TalkBanStop campaign launched by GamCare, Gamban & GamStop

GamCare, Gamban and GAMSTOP have teamed up to “provide a trio of services for free to help gamblers kick-start the recovery journey this Christmas”. This new TalkBanStop campaign is backed by ex-footballer and recovering gambling addict Michael Chopra. The GamCare website reports on this as follows: The Christmas period poses a heightened risk to those […]

Industry media comments on SBC UK Gambling Act Review webinar

The 11 December 2020 SBC Events webinar entitled  “Unpicking the terms of the UK Gambling Act Review”, in which David Clifton, Brigid Simmonds (Chair of the Betting and Gaming Council) and Adam Rivers (Director, KPMG Economics) were quizzed by Andy McCarron (Managing Director, SBC) on the UK Government’s long-awaited Review of the Gambling Act 2005, […]

Bath has a casino licence again!

In what is believed to be the first achievement of its kind, Suzanne Davies (representing Casino 36 Limited, acting in conjunction with fund managers DTZi on behalf of the freeholders) has successfully applied for reinstatement of the Gambling Act 2005 Small Casino Premises Licence in respect of Bath’s sole permitted casino premises. The licence had […]

Google to introduce greater controls to enable a limit on number of gambling ads seen

Google has announced that, with effect from early 2021, it will introducing globally new controls that will enable users to choose whether they want to see fewer gambling and alcohol advertisements. The announcement (made by Debbie Weinstein, Vice President, YouTube and Video Global Solutions) reads as follows: Greater controls for sensitive ad topics in your […]

Unpicking the terms of the UK Gambling Act Review

At 12.15pm tomorrow (11 December 2020), David Clifton joins Brigid Simmonds (Chair of the Betting and Gaming Council) and Adam Rivers (Director, KPMG Economics) in a webinar, to be quizzed by Andy McCarron (Managing Director, SBC) on the UK Government’s long-awaited Review of the Gambling Act 2005, launched on 8 December 2020. Entitled “Unpicking the […]

Ofcom ITV case shines a light on the importance of the skill test under the Gambling Act 2005

Although we do not usually report decisions of Ofcom (the UK’s regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries), a Broadcasts Standards ruling made by it, reported in its Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin on 7 December 2020 is worthy of note. It concerned broadcast competitions in programmes run by ITV Broadcasting […]