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 […]
In this month’s ‘Licensing Expert’ article for SBC News, entitled ‘Reflections on Safer Gambling Week’ (that you can download below), David Clifton: welcomes the more open style of engagement with the outside world adopted by the new Gambling Commission CEO, Andrew Rhodes, following his appointment to that role in June this year, ponders potential consequences of […]
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 […]
David Clifton will be conducting his second ‘Fireside Chat’ with Betting & Gaming Council Chairman Brigid Simmonds on Day 2 of KnowNow’s Player Protection Forum 2022, being held at County Hall, London, on 18 & 19 January 2022. This will be taking place two years after David’s first ‘Fireside Chat’ with Brigid at KnowNow’s third […]
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 […]
Gordon Moody Association’s Half Year Data Insights report (that you can download below) is well worth reading. Key findings include: applications to Gordon Moody have increased by 92% compared with the 1st half of last year applications in relation to women’s services have increased by 132% of its service users: 76% report having a diagnosed […]
David Clifton is quoted in a LoginCasino article entitled ‘HMRC Plans to Increase Gaming Duty Bands: Experts’ Comment’ (that you can download below). You can find out more information regarding: gaming duty generally on the gov.uk website here and the increase in casino gross gaming yield bands from April 2022 in the HMRC policy paper here.
Safer Gambling Week 2021 started on 1 November with immense promise, welcomed by the following Betting and Gaming Council announcement and endorsed by the Gambling Minister Chris Philp and the Gambling Commission’s CEO, Andrew Rhodes: PROBLEM GAMBLING RATES ARE FALLING BUT SAFER GAMBLING ‘OUR TOP PRIORITY ALL YEAR ROUND’, SAYS BGC BOSS AT START OF SAFER […]
In blogs published on the Gambling Commission’s website during this year’s ‘Safer Gambling Week’ (1 to 7 November 2021): Andrew Rhodes, the Commission’s CEO has offered his reflections on the subject of safer gambling and the need to see much greater compliance from the industry across the board, and Anna van der Gaag CBE, Chair […]
