Betting & Gaming
Gambling: Gambling Commission to Appeal Greene King Decision?
Earlier this month we reported that Greene King had been successful in their appeal against the refusal by the Gambling Commission for an Operating Licence to authorise Bingo and consequently higher jackpot Gaming Machines (see 'Greene King Rule t...
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Greene King Rule the Day on Bingo Application
Further to our earlier article concerning the applications by Greene King for an Operating Licence to authorise Bingo and consequently higher jackpot Gaming Machines , their appeal against the refusal by the Gambling Commission has been successful...
Gambling - FOBTs another development
We have recently received an update on developments in the ever changing news area of FOBT's (see our article of 4th November: ‘Fixed Odds Betting Terminals - The story continues'). This is an area where councils are also having their say. I...
Gaming - DCMS postpones Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 - important consequential update
Further to our item just last week about the postponement of the implementation of The Gambling (Licensing and advertising) Act 2014 until 1st November, an important point needs to be emphasised and has been pointed out by the Gambling Commission ...
Gaming - DCMS postpones Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 coming into force until 1 November 2014
News reaches us that the implementation of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act is to be postponed from 1 October until 1 November. We have previously reported on the anticipated implementation on 1 October. (see our article 'Gaming - Cont...
'Problem Gambling in Great Britain' - and more - update
Today two reports have been published entitled 'Problem Gambling in Britain – A brief Review' and 'Responsible Gambling initiatives and preliminary evaluation of the ABB Code of Conduct' (reports can be viewed by clickling the link...
Planning: Restriction on Betting Offices
On 30 April 2014 we reported that the Government had published its document "Gambling Protections and Control" which was to provide Local Authorities with enhanced powers including being able to control the number of betting shops opening in their...