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New South Wales’ gambling regulator has published the results of a cashless gaming trial that ran from October 2022 until June 2023 and involved a total of 144 machines in Newcastle’s Wests New Lambton. In order to participate, players had to install a digital wallet application courtesy of gambling machine manufacturer Aristocrat on their smartphones, undergo identity verification, and utilise the app to transfer money from their bank accounts to their gaming machines of choice. The technology provided clients with a range of responsible gambling tools, the most notable of…

Tony Kelly, founder of the Red Card Gambling Support project and former footballer, warned young football players at Warwickshire’s Bedworth United Football Club about how harmful gambling can be. The said warning was a part of his campaign’s awareness workshop, which aims to mitigate and prevent gambling addiction among aspiring footballers. He was accompanied by the BBC’s James Bovill and his crew. As reported by Mr Bovill, Mr Kelly told the students about his football career and how it was cut short once his addiction spiralled out of control. As…

Mike Kirwan, who currently serves as Lottoland’s vice-president, said that he was unable to secure a meeting with the Minister of State at the Department of Justice James Browne with regard to Ireland’s Gambling Regulation Bill 2022, which Mr Browne is a proponent of. As reported by The Irish Times, Lottoland has a range of concerns surrounding the upcoming law. However, it has been around a month since Mr Browne sent a letter in which he sought to meet with the Minister to discuss the said concerns, and in contrast…

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) published its “Gambling Regulation in a Digital Age” document on April 8th, which is a detailed roadmap of the regulator’s corporate strategy for the next three years. It focuses on a range of factors that set out to ensure that the Commission will achieve its goal of securing a “fair, safe, and crime-free” gambling market which prioritises the wider public and consumers themselves. According to Marcus Boyle, Chair of the Gambling Commission, the strategy plan specifically outlines the UKGC’s plans on how it will enforce…

The Plymouth City Council has greenlit plans for a new adult gaming centre that is now set to be housed in the building of a former Betfred betting shop. The unit, which is located in Plymouth’s Embankment Road, has been vacant for several years. In the initial application that argued for the adult gaming centre’s opening, it was stressed that, if approved, the venue would ensure that Plymouth residents would have further employment options in terms of both the fit-out works process and the positions that will be created once…

Charity organisation GambleAware has announced that more than 100,000 individuals across the UK have used its online self-assessment tool since it was first launched in April 2023. The said tool encompasses a range of questions designed to help individuals assess whether their or a loved one’s wagering is characterised by gambling harm indicators. Of the said 100,000 people, every fourth person reached out to a trained advisor after completing the quiz. As highlighted by GambleAware, the aforementioned data coincides with a 20% increase in people gaining access to early intervention…

Back in January, Merkur Slots submitted an application to open a new adult gaming centre in downtown Ayr, and the said project has now been approved by the South Ayrshire Council’s Regulatory Panel. The centre will occupy a currently vacant lot situated in Ayr High Street, and it will be open 24 hours a day. As reported by the Daily Record, the upcoming establishment was met with some criticism from locals, and seven objections were filed. William Hendren cited the fact that Ayr already has plenty of betting shops and…

MintBet is facing scrutiny for committing multiple breaches of its own responsible gambling code of conduct. According to the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC), the online bookmaker failed to exercise due diligence and intervene when a client exhibited signs of problem gambling. MintBet was, therefore, handed a fine of AU$100,000. The bettor in question wagered for 35 hours in just over two days and placed a total of 327 bets. This resulted in them suffering a substantial loss of AU$31,149. According to MintBet’s responsible gambling code of conduct,…

As critics have begun scrutinising Newcastle United for going through with Sandro Tonali’s £55 million transfer last July without finding that he was struggling with gambling addiction, the sports website Training Ground Guru (TGG) reached out to former Scotland Yard Detective Neil Whitbread for his insight into how clubs vet players and how Newcastle handled the transfer. Whitbread currently serves as Investigations Manager at the intelligence services firm FACT. According to Whitbread, it would not have been easy for Newcastle to find out that anything was amiss, both in terms…

Emma Louise Mcloughlin reached out to the Irish newspaper Sunday World last week after the Sligo Circuit Court ruled that she is to serve two years in jail starting this July. The verdict was delivered after multiple adjournments, and it concerns theft from the Kilmacowen Community Preschool and Playgroup amounting to over €66,000. According to Ms Mcloughlin, this turn of events was the result of gambling struggles that “got out of control.” Her transgressions were committed between June 2020 and December of the same year, after she started gambling online…