Author: Daniel Williams

The Government of the Northern Territory (NT) is reviewing the harms of gambling in the federal territory by carrying out a new research into the negative effects which gambling has on various aspects of local people’s lives. As recently revealed, the Menzies School of Health Research and Roy Morgan Research will investigate the patterns, risks and possible negative consequences associated with gambling, as well as the health and well-being of local citizens. The research is aimed at helping the NT Government to build up more specialised policies and programs primarily…

A plan aimed at reducing the number of poker machines, also known as pokies, at local venues has been backed by the Northern Beaches Council. The local government area, however, decided not to support a contentious clause that would provide it with the opportunity to suspend the machines at venues situated on the area’s land. The policy which seeks changes to be made in the area’s policy was passed with 8-6 votes at the council meeting which took place yesterday night. Joy Van Duinen, the mother of a gambling addict…

James Fyffe, the director of Dundee United, is facing Scottish FA action after facing allegations of gambling on football. The 49-year-old man is accused of violating disciplinary rule 31. A notice of complaint has been served to Fyffe, who is also a Tannadice board member and racehorse owner. The Dundee United director has until September 26th to respond to the allegations ahead of a hearing set for November 8th. As mentioned above, Mr. Fyffe is accused of breaching the Scottish FA disciplinary rules related to gambling. “No club, team official…

The beginning of September has seen a new wave of criticism to gambling operators that serve as English Premier League (EPL) kit sponsors. Local charity organisations have blamed these companies for doing literally nothing to keep local gamblers safe at a time when gambling addiction is getting more and more recognised as a public health issue. As Casino Guardian previously reported, Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive Officer of the National health Service (NHS) revealed that eight of the nine gambling operators which have shirt sponsorship deals with Premier League squads…

It seems that gambling is becoming a more serious problem in the Auckland Region, and more specifically in the Waiuku. Recently, the Waiuku Networking Group, which operates especially for the ones professionally engaged in education, health and social services, welcomed two representatives of the Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand (PGF) – Narelle Nichelsen and Bonnie Lovich-Howitt. The two of them provided more detailed information about the statistics for local citizens’ spending on poker machines, also known as pokies. Provided at a time when the Gambling Harm Awareness week was…

The UK Labour Party’s plans for tighter regulation of the gambling sector have been backed by the Christian public policy charity CARE. As Casino Guardian reported yesterday, the new proposals made by the Labours seek to ban TV and online gambling adverts during live sports events, to suspend the use of credit cards for gambling services payments, as well as to impose a new obligatory levy on gambling operators in order to fund research and treatment of problem gambling behaviour among local citizens. A few days ago, the deputy leader…

The professional football player Kyle Lafferty provided more details about his rehabilitation from gambling addiction. Earlier this month, he used his official Twitter account to reveal that he celebrated a major landmark in his battle against problem gambling, as he managed to stay “clean” of his gambling addiction for one year. Now, the 31-year-old striker who has never scored in European football shared that he was ready to clean his reputation and reach another important landmark for him in the Rangers’ match against Villarreal on Thursday night. As Casino Guardian…

The Labour Party pledged to ban gambling operators from TV advertising during live sports events and to impose a new compulsory levy on such companies in order to raise more money to fund problem gamblers treatment, should it win the next general election. As expected, the party unveiled a list of proposals days before its annual conference which is to be held in Liverpool as part of its future policy to tighten up the measures on gambling regulation across the country. Gambling is Britain’s hidden epidemic – that’s why we’ll…

Information has emerged that the Labour Party may ban the use of credit cards for gambling activities as part of the Government’s crackdown on the industry. If the Government proceeds with the measure aimed at tackling constantly increasing gambling addiction rates, this would affect billions of transactions which are carried out in the industry on an annual basis. As revealed by The Guardian, deputy leader Tom Watson is to publish the conclusions of the Labour Party’s year-long gambling regulations review by the end of the week. The full list of…

A recent Australian study claims that loot boxes and gambling are connected, which is a really bad news for the proponents of the in-game features and video gaming. The Environment and Communications References Committee (ECRC) started a research in video game loot boxes in June this year. Only a couple of months later, the group has revealed the research’s findings after almost 7,500 people were examined by Dr. David Zendle and Dr. Paul Cairns who led the survey. A public hearing into gaming micro-transactions for chance-based items is being held…