The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is, seemingly, stepping away from its heavy-handed efforts to regulate fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs). In an announcement first reported on by The Times, Commissioners have decided that they are willing to let go of their demand that the maximum wager at an FOBT be fixed at £2. Commissioners didn't discount…
Every year, gaming operators in the UK shell out millions of pounds for sports sponsorships of all kinds. This torrent of cash is used for everything from acquiring top level football stars to propping up struggling sports such as horse racing. But if a series of proposed changes to fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBT)passes into law,…
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching an investigation into the withdrawal practices and policies of a group of unnamed UK gambling operators. Details of the probe are, so far, limited but it's yet another sign that the UK government is turning up the heat on the local gambling industry. At issue, according…
In a surprise move the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), Ireland's largest amateur sporting organization, recently voted to ban all its members from accepting sponsorships from betting operators. The move was not just surprising, it was also very popular, 93 percent of delegates in attendance supported the measure. According to a report in the Irish Times,…
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is making good on its promise to crack down on what it calls, "misleading" bonus offers by gambling operators under its jurisdiction. Earlier this week, the commission hit GVC Holdings with a £350,000 ($491,000 USD) fine for a series of bonus offers that ran during the summer and fall of…
Gaming and business regulators in the UK are clamping down on the online gambling industry's longtime relationship with dodgy bonus offers that require exponential play and trap player funds in an inescapable purgatory. The move is described in a press release from the UK Government about online gambling as, "...a major overhaul of how the…
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is getting ready to make good on its promise to crack down on gambling operators who violate its advertising code. Late this week the Commission released a series of proposed new standards, and penalties, that could radically reshape the face of UK gambling advertising. Among the proposals under consideration are…
An effort by UK lawmakers to limit the maximum wager at fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBT) is meeting resistance from some of the very people it's designed to protect. Earlier this week, representatives of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) came out against the effort being made by secretary of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport…
2017 was a good year for William Hill and its global gaming operations saw plenty of profit. But the company is moving into 2018 with a note of caution as a regulatory clampdown Down Under threatens to make operating in Australia a major headache. William Hill is stepping into 2018 on a very positive note.…
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is investigating 17 online gambling companies for potential lapses in their efforts to stop money laundering, and other criminal activities, through their sites. Five of those operations could, potentially, lose their gaming licenses. It's a major move for the Commission that suggests it will be keeping its promise to clamp…
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