Day: 23 January 2019

Tasmania Liquor and Gaming Commission Shares Concerns with Loot Boxes Gambling Options Offered by Video Games

Wed 23 Jan 2019 12.03 Daniel Williams
Tasmania Liquor and Gaming Commission Shares Concerns with Loot Boxes Gambling Options Offered by Video Games

According to the Tasmania Liquor and Gaming Commission, Australian regulators should consider new threats which occurred as a result of online gambling activities in the country. The Commission shared in its 2017/18 annual report that the national gambling conference had raised certain questions in related to video games played by local children. According to the regulatory body, there is gambling “embedded” in video games in the form of so-called “loot boxes”. As Casino Guardian has previously written, loot boxes are special randomised items in video games which could be purchased…

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William Hill Confirms Tighter UK Regulations May Lead to 900 High-Street Betting Shops’ Closures

Wed 23 Jan 2019 8.06 Olivia Cole
William Hill Confirms Tighter UK Regulations May Lead to 900 High-Street Betting Shops’ Closures

William Hill, one of the largest British bookmakers, has confirmed that it may have to close up to 900 of its high-street betting shops because of the recent crackdown on gambling operations in the country. The company revealed that the stricter regulatory regime on gambling would probably make many of its shops unprofitable, so about 40% of its 2,300 betting outlets in the UK could be shut. The number of stores to be eventually closed would probably depend on the overall impact which the new regulations would have on customer…

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