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Sales promotions, Prize draws and Competitions: gambling law issues

How to avoid your sales promotions, prize draws and prize competitions being classified as gambling activities requiring a licence. Update: for developments in the law relating to the status of Spot the Ball competitions, see our June 2016 website posting entitled “Spot the ball before it moves again” and David Clifton’s subsequent article for iGaming Business […]

EGBA Responsible Gaming Day

On 28 November 2013, David Clifton & Suzanne Davies attended the 6th Responsible Gaming Day in Brussels: “The EU and Online Gambling – Where next?”, organised by the European Gaming & Betting Association

The OFT’s investigation into ‘Children’s Online Games’

The Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT) investigation into online and app- based games and how these games target children, for example through aggressive commercial practices, has particular relevance for the social gaming/gambling industry, especially given the Gambling Commission’s concerns about the impact of social games on young people. David Clifton, Director at Clifton Davies Consultancy […]