Archive | July, 2022

House of Lords (Licensing Act 2003) Liaison Committee reports (lack of) progress by Government in implementing 2017 recommendations

The House of Lords (Licensing Act 2003) Liaison Committee has today (11 July 2022) published its report – entitled ‘The Licensing Act 2003: post-legislative scrutiny – Follow-up report’ (that you can download below) – that examines progress made by the Government in implementing recommendations made by the Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 in its […]

UKGC suspends remote operating licence of bet-at-home.com

The Gambling Commission has today (7 July 2022) announced it has suspended the remote operating licence held by Malta-based bet-at-home.com Internet Limited. Its announcement reads as follows: Suspension of licence: bet-at-home.com Internet Limited The Gambling Commission has suspended the operating licence of bet-at-home.com Internet Limited (operating licence no 039091-R-319322-006) as it carries out a review […]

Renewed focus on extent to which evidential weight can be placed on PHE’s ‘Gambling-related Harms Evidence Review’

On 17 June 2022, Scott Benton MP posed the following Written Parliamentary question for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the report by Public Health England entitled Gambling-related harms evidence review: the economic and social cost of harms, published in […]