Day: 15 April 2021

Entain Rolls Out Employee Share Ownership Plan While Online Gambling Division Keeps Its Head Above Water

Thu 15 Apr 2021 9.40 Olivia Cole
Entain Rolls Out Employee Share Ownership Plan While Online Gambling Division Keeps Its Head Above Water

The sports betting and gaming entertainment giant Entain revealed it has launched a Group-wide employee share ownership plan that would provide its colleagues in the UK and worldwide with the chance to share its global businesses’ growth and success. Now, about 22,500 employees at all levels of the business are given the chance to apply to join the ShareSave plan of the gambling operator. As the company itself revealed, in the UK, where Entain currently holds a total of 1,885 Ladbrokes and Coral high-street betting shops, almost 14,000 retail colleagues…

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British 4- and 5-Year-Olds Found to Be Making Real-Money Payments in Gaming Sites and Apps

Thu 15 Apr 2021 5.59 Daniel Williams
British 4- and 5-Year-Olds Found to Be Making Real-Money Payments in Gaming Sites and Apps

A new study has found that very young children as young as four years old are making gaming payments online although technology companies have claimed they are not dangerous for underage individuals, especially so young. The research was held among 2,000 parents and found that 12% had seen their children in pre-school age spend money on online games in spite of being so young. A local organisation that supports British parents, called Internet Matters, shared that there were often games that do not require money to play and are tagged…

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