HM Treasury has published its annual Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Supervision Report 2019-20 (that you can download below). Commenting on this, the Gambling Commission has said on its website: The Gambling Commission is required to contribute to the Report as part of its supervisory duties and includes the Licensing, Compliance and Enforcement work the Commission […]

As reported by The Telegraph on 24 November 2021, a letter from the Gambling Related Harm APGG and Peers For Gambling Reform addressed to the Prime Minister has called on him “to be bold in delivering the gambling reforms that are urgently needed to prevent gambling harm across the country”, adding: We are calling on […]

The Gambling Commission’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Sarah Gardner, has today (25 November 2021) delivered the following speech at the 2021 Bacta Annual Convention. Bacta is the Trade Association for the amusement and gaming machine industry in the UK. I’m Sarah Gardner, Deputy Chief Executive for the Gambling Commission and let me start by passing […]

It  has been reported in various industry media articles that the Lotteries Council has expressed “increasing concern” about the use of prize draws operated by commercial gambling companies that market themselves in a similar way to charity lotteries. Tony Vick, Chair of the Lotteries Council is reported as saying: Lotteries face a series of legislative […]

A blog by Ben Haden, the Gambling Commission’s Director of Research and Statistics, entitled ‘Help us improve our statistics’, has been published on the Commission’s website in which he reflects on what what is described as “some thought-provoking engagement” at the start of the Commission’s pilot phase for its new approach to collecting statistics on […]

The Gambling Commission has today (18 November 2021) commenced a consultation on changes and updates to its Licensing, Compliance, and Enforcement Policy. The consultation (that you can download below) will run until 9 February 2022. Introducing this consultation, the Commission states as follows: The Licensing, Compliance, and Enforcement Policy (the Policy) builds on the Gambling Commission’s […]

The Betting and Gaming Council has described Safer Gambling Week 2021 (that ran between 1 and 7 November 2021) as a “huge success”, confirming that this year’s campaign has broken all previous records. Its website news item published today (17 November 2021) reads as follows: SAFER GAMBLING WEEK 2021 HAILED ‘HUGE SUCCESS’ AS NEW FIGURES […]

IMPORTANT NOTICE: On 21 December 2021, KnowNow Limited made the following announcement in relation to its Player Protection Forum and Workshop originally schedules to take place on 18 & 19 January 2022: New dates for the Player Protection Forum and Workshop. We have regrettably had to make the decision to move the forthcoming Player Protection […]

Affiliate marketing has once more come to the fore today (10 November 2021) with a ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority against 888 UK Limited t/a 777.com (that you can download below), in which it has told 888 to ensure that: it holds adequate evidence to substantiate claims made in ads for 777, even when […]