The Advertising Standards Authority has today published a report entitled “Children’s exposure to age-restricted TV ads: 2019 update” in which one of its findings is that children’s exposure to TV advertisements for gambling products or services has fallen to similar levels as those seen in 2008. However, it also finds that children’s overall exposure to […]
Hospitality businesses having been told they could reopen as early as 4 July 2020 if they are able to do so safely (as previously reported by us here), UKHospitality has today (20 May 2020) launched its #FAIR4Hospitality campaign with the following announcement: UKH calls on Government to be #FAIR4Hospitality and support the sector’s roadmap to […]
Fears are often expressed by online gambling operators in reputable jurisdictions worldwide that the greater the gambling regulatory crackdown, the greater the risk that consumer will seek out the services of unlicensed online gambling operators. It is interesting therefore to read the following report published today (19 May 2020) on the UK Gambling Commission’s website: […]
GambleAware has published a Treatment Needs and Gap Analysis report that sets out the findings of research commissioned to examine gambling treatment and support services in Great Britain. Principal aspects of the report are: One in two problem gamblers (PGSI score of 8+) in Great Britain have not accessed any treatment or support, while 17% […]
The UK Gambling Commission has issued a reminder to all of its licensed operators entitled “Reminder to all licensed operators: impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and heightened money laundering and terrorist financing risks” This reminder should not be ignored because otherwise a breach of Licence condition 12.1.1 is likely to arise. That licence condition (set […]
The Betting and Gaming Council has today (15 May 2020) announced the launch of the independent gambling education initiative to which reference was made in its November 2019 five safe gambling commitments, as previously reported by us here. The first of those commitments was to “prevent underage gambling and protect young people”, in relation to which […]
Without any prior consultation process, the Gambling Commission has today published additional formal customer interaction guidance for remote operators during the COVID-19 outbreak, including the need for affordability checks, prevention of reverse withdrawals and restrictions on bonus offers. The Commission states that: “Online operators will be expected to make changes to act on this guidance as […]
The UK Government has today (11 May 2020) published its COVID-19 recovery strategy entitled “Our Plan to Rebuild” that you can download below. Of most relevance to the hospitality, leisure and gambling sectors are the following passages from that part of the recovery strategy dealing with “Step 3”, that is not due to commence before 4 […]
The Gambling Commission has commenced a consultation (that runs from 1 May 2020 until 26 June 2020) in relation to proposed changes to its corporate governance framework that (according to the Commission) are designed to “ensure that [its] Regulatory Panels are best equipped to deal with [its] evolving casework”. Responses to the survey can be […]
The Gambling Commission has today (6 May 2020) announced that a regulatory settlement has been concluded with FSB Technology (UK) Limited (“FSB”) that is to pay £600,000 for advertising, money laundering and social responsibility failings, as well as having additional conditions imposed on its operating licence that require it: before entering a relationship with a third-party partner, […]
