Betting & Gaming

14 Sep 2017

Lords debate Gambling Advertising

This lunchtime the House of Lords have debated the effects of gambling advertisement on children.  A debate proposed by Lord Chadlington (Conservative) raised concerns about the prominence, frequency and appropriateness of Gambling advertisin...

13 Sep 2017

Odds shortening on FBOTs

The Times political editor Francis Elliot reported yesterday that a change to the stakes permitted on controversial B2 gaming machines was no longer being opposed by the treasury. The machines, described in some parts of the media as the ‘c...

01 Sep 2017

National Gambling statistics published

The Gambling Commission has recently published a report it had commissioned which analyses, for the first time since 2010, national gambling data The full report prepared by NatCen Social research can be found here: 'Gambling behaviour in Great ...

22 Aug 2017

Gambling on your house!

From time to time we get enquiries from people wanting to sell their house and having difficulties in doing so even in these buoyant times in the current housing market. One option that some people consider and ask our advice about are so-called ...

11 Jul 2017

Gambling - Commission unveils new enforcement strategy

Following their consultation earlier this year the Gambling Commission have  published a new enforcement strategy which will be used to tackle operators who breach gambling regulations.  The new strategy,  which takes immediate eff...

05 Jul 2017

Gambling - Gambling Commission - Key Performance Indicators

Amongst various issues discussed during the Gambling Industry Lawyer’s Group meeting held at the Gambling Commission’s offices in Birmingham on Tuesday, the recently published Key Performance Indicators (‘KPIs’) for the Lic...