Day: 15 January 2020

Recently Announced FA Cup Media Rights Deal Faces Investigation by the UKGC

Wed 15 Jan 2020 9.46 Olivia Cole
Recently Announced FA Cup Media Rights Deal Faces Investigation by the UKGC

The UK gambling regulatory body is probing the recently-announced scandalous deal under which a number of gambling companies were given exclusive media rights to broadcast FA Cup matches on their websites. Following a massive wave of criticism, Ministers from the UK Government have also made a commitment to review the 2005 Gambling Act as part of a move that could significantly affect revenues derived from sponsorship agreements in British football. Last week, both Members of Parliament and anti-gambling campaigners strongly criticised the Football Association (FA) and some of the largest…

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Participation in Nation-Wide Self-Exclusion Scheme GAMSTOP Will Be Obligatory for All UK Online Gambling Operators as of March 2020

Wed 15 Jan 2020 7.50 Daniel Williams
Participation in Nation-Wide Self-Exclusion Scheme GAMSTOP Will Be Obligatory for All UK Online Gambling Operators as of March 2020

Apart from the ban that is set to be imposed on the use of credit cards for gambling, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has also announced that all iGaming operators would be required to take part in GAMSTOP, the nation-wide self-exclusion scheme. As Casino Guardian has previously revealed, the scheme had been specially developed to provide local customers with the chance to ban themselves from online gambling by making one request only rather than filing requests to each operator. The GAMSTOP scheme is expected to make self-exclusion easier for people…

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