Betting & Gaming

17 May 2018

Gambling - Government's Response to the consultation on proposals for changes to Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures.

As has been widely reported this morning the Government has published their response to their October 2017 consultation  on gaming machines and social responsibility measures. The headline proposal, which will need further legislation for im...

26 Apr 2018

Gambling - Gambling Commission announce new CEO

The appointment of Neil McArthur as their new CEO has been announced this week by the Gambling Commission. His appointment follows the departure of Sarah Harrison MBE at the end of February  (to take up the role of Director General, Corporate...

24 Apr 2018

Gambling - Annual fees: Are you in the right bracket?

In July many Operators will be required to pay their licence annual fees to the Commission.  As we previously reported the Commission has introduced a new charging scale for Operators based not upon the number of physical shops within their ...

10 Apr 2018

Gambling – Commission issue GDPR guidance

The Gambling Commission has now published an information note regarding the upcoming introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Processing of personal data will continue to be required in order to achieve compliance with a gam...

06 Apr 2018

Gambling – ‘EuroMillions Condition’

Today the Gambling Act 2005 (Operating Licence Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 comes into force and will affect all betting operating licences, whether or not they were issued before today’s date. The regulations will add the follo...

29 Mar 2018

Gambling - Online Gambling Review Published.

The Gambling Commission has now published there review of the Online Gambling industry.  Following the implementation of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014; which required online Operators whose services are available in Grea...