Day: 19 July 2019

Former striker of Liverpool FC Daniel Sturridge has received a two-week ban from football and is to pay £75,000 after being found guilty of violating the Football Association’s betting rules. The 29-year-old football player was given a six-week suspension from playing, but four weeks of the ban were suspended, so the forward would be free to play again on July 31st. The Football Association, however, has not been satisfied with the penalty suffered by Sturridge and shared that it intends to appeal against the dismissal by an independent regulatory commission…

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) once again confirmed its continued commitment to tackling increasing gambling harm at a time when analysts of existing market data have warned that there is a link between problem gambling and suicide. The reports regarding problem gambling in the country have been unveiled as part of the research programme of the UKGC’s National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms. They were commission by the largest charity organisation which helps gambling addicts in the country, GambleAware. According to the published findings, there is a connection between gambling…