The Home Office has published a consultation proposing a relaxation of licensing hours (by way of a licensing hours order under section 172 of the Licensing Act 2003) in England and Wales to mark HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on 2 June 2022. This would serve to extend opening hours from 11pm to 1.00am on Thursday […]
In this month’s ‘Licensing Expert’ article for SBC News, entitled ‘Those were the forecasts that were’ (that you can download below), David Clifton goes back to his December 2020 article for SBC News entitled “Ten forecasts and a hope for 2021” to find out how accurate those forecasts have turned out to be twelve months later. He concludes that, in […]
In a posting on its website, the Betting and Gaming Council has declared that sports sponsorship must go ‘hand in hand’ with promoting safer gambling. Its complete statement reads as follows: Supporting some of the UK’s most popular sports with millions of pounds in sponsorship funding must go “hand in hand” with promoting safer gambling, […]
The Gambling Commission has today (22 December 2021) published on its website a Public Statement (that you can download below) explaining the conclusion of its investigation into IMME Ltd. Its accompanying remarks – that describe seemingly disgraceful conduct on the part of a former UK licensed gambling operator – are set out below: The Commission […]
The European Gaming & Betting Association has assessed that Europe’s total gambling market revenue will increase by 7.5% in 2021, driven by 19% growth in the online market. However, it has reported that total gambling market revenue is down by 13% compared with 2019, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to restrict land-based gambling activity. Its […]
GamCare’s gambling helpline advisers have warned of the Christmas risks around gambling. A GamCare website posting – accessible here – states as follows: We are asking people to look out for the signs that someone may be struggling with gambling over the Christmas period, and want to remind people about our live chat option for […]
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has announced today (20 December 2021) that, following a public consultation, measures originally introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic will now be made permanent. This will have the consequence that local hospitality businesses will no longer need planning permission to put up marquees on their land and councils will […]
Comments made by David Clifton in his November 2021 Licensing Expert article for SBC News are quoted in a Coinslot International article entitled ‘Clifton: Give Rhodes a chance to reform our regulator’, published today 17 December 2021. You can download the Coinslot International article below.
Following the UK Government’s 8 December 2021 move to ‘Plan B’ in England by way of response to the threat posed by the Omicron variant of Covid-19 (and similar action taken by the devolved governments in Scotland and Wales), the BGC has highlighted the need for a package of support measures for British casinos from […]
The Betting and Gaming Council Chief Executive, Michael Dugher, has called on the Government to “take heed” of betting customers after a survey by Racing TV showed high levels of opposition to the imposition of stringent affordability checks on how much they are allowed to spend betting. This is not the first time the BGC […]
