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UKGC grants temporary 28 day extension of time for submission of regulatory returns

Due to the adoption by UK licensed gambling operators of changed working arrangements during the current coronavirus pandemic, the Gambling Commission has temporarily extended by 28 days the period of time within which operators must submit their regulatory returns. The Commission will apply these extended submission times to all regulatory returns that are due before 30 June […]

Public Accounts Committee commences gambling regulation inquiry

The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee examines the value for money of Government projects, programmes and service delivery. Drawing on the work of the National Audit Office (“NAO”), the Committee holds government officials to account for the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of public spending. Following publication on 28 February 2020 by the National Audit […]

Managing licensing and related issues during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Local Government Association (“LGA”) has published advice for licensing authorities entitled “Approaches to managing licensing and related issues during the COVID-19 pandemic” (that you can download below). The LGA states as follows on its website: This note provides a summary of issues councils’ licensing teams and others have raised with the Local Government Association (LGA) […]

ASA rules against gambling operator’s unverifiable comparison ads

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that ads: seen on 17 September 2019 on a media screen at the Betting on Sports trade show, featuring the claim “The Biggest Jackpots” and a press ad, seen in the iGaming Times and Gambling Insider in September 2019, featuring the claim “#1 World’s Live-Games Provider” did not allow businesses or […]

ASA encourages consumers to report gambling advertising complaints during coronavirus ‘lockdown’

Following on from its 30 March 2020 call to consumers to “Report a Coronavirus related ad”, the Advertising Standards Authority has now published the following “Gambling Advertising and Lockdown” warning on its website: The conduct of the online gambling industry, including the nature and frequency of its advertising, is under particular scrutiny during this period of […]

Very illuminating reasons given for suspension of Triblebet licence and £740,000 fine

The Gambling Commission has today (8 April 2020) published on its website the reasons for its suspension (for AML and social responsibility failings) of the operating licence of Triplebet Limited trading as “Matchbook”. We previously reported on that suspension here. In its website posting, the Commission explains the current position as follows: Triplebet operated a betting […]