Betting & Gaming

06 Sep 2018

Gambling – Gambling Commission consultation on strengthening age and identity verification for online gambling

The Gambling Commission is seeking views on proposed changes to the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP) in order to strengthen age and identity verification for online gambling. The proposed changes would require online gambling ...

17 Jul 2018

Gambling - Defining and Quantifying Gambling-Related Harm

The Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (RGSB), whose stated purpose is to provide independent advice to the Gambling Commission, and through it to the Government, on a national responsible gambling strategy, has recently published a new report en...

16 Jul 2018

Gambling - Commission Publish 2017/2018 report.

On Friday the Gambling Commission published their annual report for the period of 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018. The report included statements from the Chairman, William Moyes, and recently appointed CEO Neil McArthur.  In addition a nu...

05 Jul 2018

Gambling - Gambling advertising: regulation in Great Britain - Commons Briefing Paper

We keep a close eye on relevant Briefing Papers published by the House of Commons Library, which we believe would be of interest to our sector. We have previously highlighted the Library’s briefing paper on “Gambling advertising: regu...

03 Jul 2018

Gambling - DCMS Consultation on Society Lottery Reform

On Friday 29th June the DCMS launched a consultation on Society Lottery Reform which will run until 11:45pm on 7th September 2018. The consultation explores a number of proposals including raising the annual limit of society lottery sales from &p...

03 Jul 2018

Gambling - Gambling Commission's Enforcement Report 2017-2018

For the first time since the creation of the Gambling Commission has published a report of the enforcement action it has taken over the past year. The new Chief Executive of the Commission, Neil McArthur,  states in his foreword to the repor...