Author: Daniel Williams

Camelot Group, which currently operates the UK National Lottery, has restored a free lottery helpline especially for its independent retailers. The free phone number has been reinstated as part of the company’s new initiative to support independent retailers. The support package amounts to £4 million and is called AllStars programme. As revealed by Camelot, the retailer hotline was used by a large number of retailers on a daily basis. The helpline is to be transferred to a free phone number on June 5th. The Head of Camelot’s retail division, James…

The Remote Gambling Association (RGA), which is currently the largest online gambling trade association on a global scale, revealed a new brand especially for the national online self-exclusion scheme. The brand, called GAMSTOP, has been especially designed in order to meet the requirements of the License Conditions and Codes of Practice of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). The Director of Social Responsibility at the RGA, Fiona Palmer, shared that GAMSTOP’s development reached a “very exciting stage”. She revealed that the process design had advanced a lot, and with the branding…

The independent regulatory body responsible for the governance of both the retail and online gaming activities in Malta – the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) – revealed that it has received an operating license application from the UK-based gambling operator Sky Betting & Gaming. The company has applied for a sports betting license. Established back in 2001, Sky Betting & Gaming has grown to become one of the leading gaming operators. Currently, the company offers a variety of gaming and betting options distributed through five major online products, including Casino, Poker,…

The Governor of Nevada Brian Sandoval signed a new bill in order to expand the gambling legislation of the state. Thanks to the expansion, Nevada will finally see permission for placing wagers on eSports events. The bill is set to come into effect on July 1st, 2017. While this is not the first time when the state has been presented gambling legislation on eSports, it is actually the first time when the state of Nevada gives the green light to a proposed bill and turns it into law. The Senate…

Over the last few years, a number of US states have put their efforts in presenting local legislature with new gambling bills mostly aimed at making online gambling legal. The latter, however, has not really been part of Illinois’ agenda until 2017. Now, two bills related to online gambling legislation have been introduced in the state of Illinois. According to some rumours in local media, the proposed pieces of gambling legislation are not very likely to get the green light from the competent authorities, but still, there is still a…

Until recently, the massive potential of the Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) seemed to remain somehow outside the focus of the gaming operators on the territory of the US. What is more, the Daily Fantasy Sports were operating without getting the official permission of the states’ competent authorities, providing customers to place wagers on fantasy sports games on a daily and weekly basis. This, however, changed in 2015, when a number of DFS operators chose to come to light, unveiling massive advertising campaigns on several sports channels. Then, regulation of daily…

The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) referred to the increased criticism towards its poor online gambling monitoring policies in number of media articles. The MGA shared that it strongly objected to the articles, saying the online news portals were inaccurate in terms of the facts presented and provided a “misleading portrayal” of the regulatory body and its operational principles. Earlier in May, Valery Atanasov, a former employee of the regulator criticised the Malta Gaming Authority for the way it operates, and several online media released articles on what the MGA describes…

The US Congress may consider a gambling bill that would annul a federal gambling ban. This, on the other hand, would allow the country to make any form of gambling legal and regulate it. The bill, called Gaming Accountability and Modernization Enhancement Act (GAME Act), provides thorough details and minimum standards for the regulation of both retail and online gambling operations. Its main sponsor is Representative Frank Pallone, who called the state-level authorities to confess that some laws were outdated and explained that the GAME Act would make them more…

The UK Gambling Commission published the gambling industry statistics and provided the latest details on each of the industry sectors that it currently regulates. Such industry statistics are published twice a year, in May and November, and include online gambling services offered to the local customers. According to the data revealed by the UK Gambling Commission, the total gross gambling yield of the gambling industry in Great Britain was estimated to £13.8 billion over the period from October 2015 to September 2016. Also, a total of 106,678 employees have been…

Pennsylvania has seen an amendment of the proposed HB 271 – a bill that would make online gambling in the state legal. The state’s Senate passed the bill with vote of 38 to 12 and gave it opportunity to move forward to the House of Representatives. The latter, on its turn, is very likely to take up the proposed piece of legislation and amend it in June. As we have previously, the bill includes a number of provisions that would change the gambling in the state, as online gambling would…