Archive | News RSS feed for this section

Lessons to be learned from failures at GalaCoral Group

As part of a regulatory settlement concluding a Gambling Commission investigation, GalaCoral Group Limited has agreed to forfeit more than £846,000 and to take steps to improve its anti-money laundering and social responsibility processes. The investigation related to the way two companies within the GalaCoral Group (Coral Racing Limited and Gala Interactive (Gibraltar) Limited) handled their relationship with […]

ICO’s statement on the implications of Brexit for data protection

David Clifton’s recent article for SBC News https://cliftondavies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/SBC-News-The-General-Data-Protection-Regulation.pdf focused on the General Data Protection Regulation that comes into force in mid-2018, replacing the current EU Data Protection Directive. It will be directly applicable in all EU Member States, without the need for any domestic legislation to implement it. In his article David commented that “this will be […]

Suzanne Davies to chair Betting Integrity session at Betting on Football conference

SBC Events’ third “Betting on Football” conference takes place at Chelsea’s football ground, Stamford Bridge, on Thursday 21 April. Suzanne Davies will be chairing a panel session entitled “Integrity – is the betting industry doing enough in the fight against corruption?”. The panel comprises Nick Tofiluk, (Executive Director, Regulatory Operations for the Gambling Commission), Matt Drew (Director of […]

Gambling industry regulatory changes coming into effect in April 2016

From 6 April 2016 Gambling Act 2005 premises licence holders must conduct a local risk assessment for each of their current premises; see our article on this subject in SBC News at https://cliftondavies.com/ever-increasing-regulatory-requirements-the-need-for-local-risk-assessments and the Gambling Commission’s press release at http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/Press/2016/Regulations-to-reduce-gambling-harm-introduced.aspx Also with effect from that date: Red tape linked to running some lotteries for good causes is […]

IAGA International Gaming Summit 2016, Malta

This year’s International Gaming Summit is being held in conjunction with the Gaming Regulators European Forum (GREF) in Malta from 31 May to 2 June. David Clifton will be moderating the “European Update” panel, discussing, amongst other things whether: co-operation rather than harmonisation is the only realistic goal and some 20 years on from when […]

Social responsibility amendments to the LCCP and RTS

The Gambling Commission has published a summary (that can be downloaded below) referring to: the key changes set out in the revised Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice, following consultation on a range of social responsibility measures. The changes come into effect from 8 May 2015; the summary also includes some further minor points of clarification and […]