The UK sports betting industry is scoffing at a suggestion from the Football Association (FA) that they start sending a chunk of their revenue back to professional sports leagues. It's the UK equivalent of a form of graft the US leagues call, "integrity fees," and it's just about as popular as its US counterpart. The…
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is hardly known as a soft touch to UK-facing operators, but they are dropping several complaints against LeoVegas subsidiaries 32Red and www.21.co.uk. Both companies were accused of marketing their services to young people. They were also accused of glamorizing gambling by suggesting that it imbues players with heightened toughness…
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has a message for the gaming operators under their jurisdiction regarding their recent crackdowns on advertising, things are only going to get worse from here. That's the message UKGC the UKGC’s program director for consumer protection & empowerment Ian Angus delivered at a recent gathering titled, Responsible Marketing for Gambling…
UK operators William Hill and Greentube Aldereney got were the recent subjects of some unwanted attention from the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for their marketing practices. Both companies maintain that they acted in good faith in the matters at question and were let off with with the ASA equivalent of a warning. The ASA's…
The United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) has a message for UK-facing operators: marketing your products to children is not all right, especially if that marketing takes place on their youth league soccer jerseys. It's yet another reminder of the challenges that gambling operators face in the marketplace and how easy it is to slide into…
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is considering some pretty significant changes to the way that UK-facing operators interact with their players and is seeking the public's opinion on how they should take on this massive endeavor. Earlier this week, the UKGC posted a link on its site that allows UK citizens to give their input…
Earlier this week the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it is taking a hard line when it comes to online casinos that make withdrawing deposits tough for consumers. The CMA singled out two UK-facing operators, Jumpman Gaming and Progress Play for making changes to their policies to make them more consumer-friendly. Word…
It's no secret that the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is expecting UK gaming operators to step up their game when it comes to protecting problem gamblers and William Hill has received that message loud and clear. The big-time UK operator is launching a new campaign called, "\Nobody Harmed that's aimed at highlighting the actual impact…
The UK's final word on gambling advertising, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), is in a tiff with Lottoland over the perceived size of the digital lottery operator's Powerball payouts. Responding to a complaint from a "customer" (more likely an anti-gambling activist), the ASA investigated Lottoland and its claims that players could win as much as…
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) CEO Neil McArthur has a warning for UK-facing gambling operators: follow gaming regulations to the letter or face a, "relentless ecalation," in fines. McArthur's warning is one that maintains, and escalates, the UKGC's recent efforts to increase enforcement of its edicts, especially when they apply to advertising, compliance and anti-money…
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