Preston Letting Agent Embezzled £23,000 from Tenants to Gamble

Preston Letting Agent Embezzled £23,000 from Tenants to Gamble

A letting agent responsible for liaising with dozens of potential tenants and landlords has been found guilty in stealing more than £23,000 in tenants’ money to fund his gambling addiction and repay a gambling debt. 40-year-old letting negotiator Paul Philipps-Young of Kittlingbourne Brow, Higher Walton, Preston, pleaded guilty to fraud and was given a 12-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months with 100 hours unpaid work. Since the man had repaid some of the embezzled money, he was ordered to pay £5,400 in compensation in a Preston Crown Court hearing…

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British Gambling Watchdog Announces the Suspension of Addison Global’s UK License

British Gambling Watchdog Announces the Suspension of Addison Global’s UK License

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), the entity tasked with the regulation of Great Britain’s gambling industry, confirmed today it is to suspend the UK license of Addison Global Limited, the Gibraltar-based company responsible for the operations of MoPlay. The operator can no longer legally offer betting and gaming services via its UK domain as the license suspension comes into effect immediately. The UK regulator decided to suspend the license while it is in the process of reviewing Addison Global Limited’s operations under sections 116 and 118 of the 2005 Gambling…

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New Minister of Sports to Participate in Gambling Sector and Gambling-Football Relationship Review

New Minister of Sports to Participate in Gambling Sector and Gambling-Football Relationship Review

Yesterday, Nigel Huddleston was confirmed as the new sports minister as part of the recent reshuffle in the UK Government. As the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced, Mr Huddleston has taken the role of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage. As part of the job, the new Sports Minister will be responsible for overseeing the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. He will also play a leading role in the review of the gambling sector that has been initiated by the Government. The review…

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Still No Government-Funded Gambling Addiction Service Available at New Zealand’s Tairāwhiti District

Still No Government-Funded Gambling Addiction Service Available at New Zealand’s Tairāwhiti District

According to a member of the district health board, Tairāwhiti gambling addicts and communities are facing a turbulent period of uncertainty because of lacking free support services. Meredith Akuhata-Brown, a board member of Hauora Tairāwhiti, has shared that the risk of people suffering gambling-related harm without the necessary support along with the problems the entire community was facing, highlighted the need for a free support service to be re-established for problem gamblers. There has not been a government-funded service aimed at helping gambling addicts in the region since September 2018…

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Gambling Operators’ Share Value Falls Following UKGC Revelation for Upcoming Review of Online Casinos Maximum Stakes

Gambling Operators’ Share Value Falls Following UKGC Revelation for Upcoming Review of Online Casinos Maximum Stakes

The share price of British gambling operators has declined in value following the revelations of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) that it would consider reducing the maximum stake allowed on online casino games to £2, in line with the one imposed on land-based fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs). As Casino Guardian already reported, Neil McArthur, CEO of the UKGC, has revealed to an all-party parliamentary group of Members of Parliament, investigating the possible harm inflicted by betting. The consideration process is to take up to six months. A spokesman for the…

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UKGC Set to Consider Possible Restrictions on Online Games’ Maximum Stake Limits

UKGC Set to Consider Possible Restrictions on Online Games’ Maximum Stake Limits

Yesterday, a committee of British Members of Parliament heard that the regulator of the UK gambling industry is to take into consideration possible restrictions on the stake limits for online games. The chief executive officer of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), Neil McArthur, revealed that he would make sure that the watchdog would consider the maximum limits allowed to be placed as bets online. A decision is expected to be made within the following six months. In November 2019, some Members of Parliament called for a maximum stake of £2…

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UKGC Discusses the Digital Challenges in Single Customer View to Make the Gambling Sector Safer

UKGC Discusses the Digital Challenges in Single Customer View to Make the Gambling Sector Safer

Gambling and technology industries experts are meeting on February 11th and 12th in an attempt to make progress on creating a sole industry-wide solution that would help British regulators to reduce gambling-related harm, especially in cases when customers own multiple online gambling accounts. The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is hosting a Birmingham-based event where the attendees are discussing the challenges related to the task of achieving the so-called “single customer view”. The event is being attended by more than 100 market experts. The most-recently created regulator, the Betting and Gaming…

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Australian Organisation Urges the Government to Suspend Video Games with Gambling Feature from Being Accessed by Children

Australian Organisation Urges the Government to Suspend Video Games with Gambling Feature from Being Accessed by Children

Australia-based Centre for Responsible Technology has urged the regulatory authorities to extend the classification of computer games in order to capture their design architecture expose underage individuals to gambling-based content and gambling-related harm. The suggestion was submitted to the Department of Communications review into the classification system, with the Centre of Responsible Technology saying that the expansion of what they called “addiction by design” in many games means that underage individuals being intentionally targetted by gambling operators to become addicted to gambling at a later stage. For the time being,…

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Gambling Study Regarding Gambling-Harm in New Zealand Earmarked as Biased and “Seriously Flawed”

Gambling Study Regarding Gambling-Harm in New Zealand Earmarked as Biased and “Seriously Flawed”

A reputable economic advisor has described a report commissioned by New Zealand’s Ministry of Health as “seriously flawed” and has warned that the conclusions of the report should not be trusted. The report in questions, called “Measuring the Burden of Gambling Harm in New Zealand” was made especially for the country’s Ministry of Health. It was worth NZ$319,000 at the time when prepared. Unfortunately, the respected economics advisor now claims that there are over 10 research flaws in the controversial report. According to the findings in the report, so-called low-risk…

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British Bookmakers Consider Voluntary Ban on Football Shirt Sponsorships and Aggressive Gambling Advertising

British Bookmakers Consider Voluntary Ban on Football Shirt Sponsorships and Aggressive Gambling Advertising

A parliamentary committee has heard that British bookmakers are considering to voluntarily suspend football shirt sponsorships and aggressive advertising away from the pitch. If the measure is truly rolled out, it would come as an expansion of the whistle-to-whistle ban on TV gambling advertising that was introduced in 2019. A few days ago, the Select Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry that operates as part of the House of Lords had a meeting to take evidence for some representatives of the local gambling market. Top…

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