A report from the Centre of Social Justice (CSJ) has called for more effective protection against gambling harms in the UK, including a ban and stringent regulations on gambling advertising.
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Daily Spending Cap Proposed on UK Online Gambling
Daily Spending Could Be Limited in UK Gambling Industry
Under optimal circumstances, gambling can be partaken as a recreational activity. Accordingly, UK gambling regulations have been heightened in recent years to ensure that operators such as William Hill can be trusted to provide online gambling services with as much fairness, transparency, and safety as possible. As of April 2021, the latest proposal from UK MPs is to introduce a daily spending cap of £50 across online gambling sites.
UK Gambling Regulations Could Get Tighter
It has emerged that a cross-party group of MPs in the UK is lobbying for online gambling operators to implement a daily spending limit of £50. This proposed tightening of
Since my last “
Licensing Expert” article for SBC News, the stand-out issues in UK gambling regulatory terms have been (a) the circumstances giving rise to the UK Government’s 20 April announcement of an independent review into the collapse of Football Index and (b) the sudden unexpected departure of Neil McArthur from his position as Chief Executive of the Gambling Commission within just a few days after the Football Index operating licence was suspended. You can read here the full details on what led up to that suspension and all that has happened since then.
The above announcement states that an ‘independent expert’ (a) will lead the review and (b) in addition to establishing how Football Index collapsed and identifying lessons to be learned from that, will look at the decisions and actions of the Gambling Commission with a view to the findings being made public in the summer. Those findings will also form part of the evidence for the purposes of the government’s rev
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Italians join race to run the National Lottery
Camelot faces another rival in the race to run the UK draw
10 April 2021 • 7:00pm
Francesco Durante insists shops will continue to play a crucial role in the National Lottery even if online services are improved
Credit: Alessandro Rota
One of the world’s most prolific investment firms has launched a surprise bid to run the National Lottery, blowing the race for the prized UK draw wide open.
The Sunday Telegraph can reveal that CVC Capital Partners is backing a bid led by portfolio company Sisal, the operator of Italy’s most popular lottery, pitting the investment giant against two of its fiercest rivals.