Retail betting shops in the United Kingdom are taking an absolute beating in the wake of new rules and regulations designed to curb the country's growing issues with problem gamblers. Since new rules limiting the maximum stakes on video betting terminals to just £2 (down from £100) life has not been easy for the land-based…
UK betting operators are getting very serious about protecting problem gamblers from the dangers of overindulging in casino gaming. Under the banner of the newly formed Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), a newly formed trade group, the operators announced a new algorithm called the Anonymous Player Awareness System (APAS) that's designed to, literally, stop problem…
Some of the UK's biggest operators are joining forces on a new trade group that's set on combating a wave of anti-gambling laws by better addressing the problem of problem gambling. The operators will be operating under the banner of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC). The BGC itself represents a merging of the Remote…
Earlier this week, UK lawmakers suggested that credit cards should no longer be allowed to use credit cards for online gambling transactions. While they're debating the issue, HSBC UK (a major UK bank) revealed that they've already, independently take that same action. Sometime last year, HSBC UK quietly stopped allowing its credit card customers to…
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Gambling Related Harm is threatening reforms that will drastically change life for UK online gambling operators. Some of the reforms recently suggested include a £2 stake limit on online slot machines; a reduction in VIP services for big spenders; and a restriction to the use of credit cards to…
Betclic Everest Group is getting ready to exit the UK online gambling market once and for all. According to Betclic Everest officials, the reason for the abrupt withdrawal is all about getting out of a crowded, highly competitive marketplace that's just not worth the time. Company officials informed affiliates and players last week that all…
Are video game loot boxes actually a form of gambling? More and more regulatory authorities and government agencies across the world are taking a hard look at this incredibly popular element of contemporary gaming and coming to the same conclusion. The most recent example of this phenomenon came this week when the children's commissioner for…
Casumo, a UK-facing gambling operator out of Malta, recently drew some unwanted attention from the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for a mistake that almost anyone could have made. Their big mistake? Failing to assume that problem gamblers might Google the word unsubscribe as they struggle to kick the gambling habit once and for all.…
How would a no-deal Brexit impact the UK's vast gambling industry? As is the case with every other aspect of Britain's messy, and long, break up with its European neighbors nothing is a sure bet. Regardless, UK gambling authorities recently published an eight-point guide titled, Preparing for no deal Brexit if you work in gambling…
Edward Putnam didn't win £2.5 million in the UK National Lottery, his friend Giles Knibbs is dead, and now Putnam is likely heading to prison. Putnam's story of an ill-gotten lottery fortune will join the ranks of lottery frauds that have destroyed lives and generally added to the mystique of quick, and illegal, fortunes. Putnam's…
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