Author: Daniel Williams

This autumn will be packed with various gambling and sports betting events on a global scale. In a few days only, London will become home to two events related to eSports – the Betting on Sports Conference London 2017 and Betting on eSports 2017, both of them organised by SBC Events. The Betting on Sports Conference London 2017 is considered one of the major events for operators in the sports market and the sports betting industry. On the other hand, Betting on eSports 2017 is being organised as a part…

The Government of New South Wales has unveiled a new ad campaign aimed at problem gambling. The campaign, called “Betiquette”, is inspired by old-fashioned newsreels and encourages young Australian men “to show some betiquette” and avoid the potential harmful effects of sports betting. The new Betiquette campaign was officially announced yesterday by Paul Toole, the New South Wales Government Minister for Racing. Mr. Toole revealed that the new campaign is aimed at promoting responsible betting behaviour among Australian men aged from 18 to 35 who are considered more susceptible to…

The British Labour Party has insisted that betting companies must be banned from being displayed as sponsors on football teams shirts as part of the Government’s efforts to deal with gambling addictions among children and more vulnerable individuals. The deputy leader Tom Watson revealed the Government’s policy, with the latter being pointed as the first one of a series of proposals aimed to shrink the power of gambling companies. Such a strategy, however, is expected to further increase the pressure of the UK Government right before the latter’s industry review…

The last legislative session saw the state of Pennsylvania making another effort to make online gambling legal. However, despite all the steps made towards iGaming and online poker legalization, the state saw another year of great expectations and hard work gone without any practical results yet. Pennsylvania lawmakers once again failed to make a compromise and find the right balance between tax rates and online gambling licensing fees, which ended up with the matters of online gambling legalization being shelved for another year, but hope still remains. The new session…

Taking into account the popularity of lotteries among British customers, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) issued a number of compliance recommendations aimed at all operators that run a licensed society lottery. In the light of the increasing popularity of house raffles, the UK Gambling Commission warned that organisers of all kinds of lotteries on the territory of the UK must comply with the gambling legislation. Back in August, the country’s gambling regulatory authority urged organisers of house raffles to make sure they are not breaking any rules and emphasized on…

Chancellor Philip Hammond has hinted that the UK Government could finally restrict the gambling machines in the country, despite earlier claims that the UK Treasury has managed to destroy the authorities’ attempt for imposing tighter regulation on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs). Recently, fixed-odds betting machines have been one of the major concerns of local authorities and non-profit organisations aimed at problem gambling behaviour, as they have raised a red flag over the serious negative effects FOBTs could have on players. However, a possible crackdown could equal a reduction in the…

UK gambling companies have been revealed as some of the top free gifts and hospitality providers to local Members of Parliament, raising some concerns that such contributions are being used as FOBTs Lobbying. At the end of last week, the annual list of gifts declared in the Register of Members’ Interests were released as part of the obligatory declarations Members of Parliament are required to make in case that the total of such freebies from a single contributor exceeds £300 over a period of one year. A total of 187…

Rumours that the largest sports betting companies in the UK use third parties to collect people’s data in order to target more vulnerable players have emerged in the media. Only a day after one of the largest online gambling companies in the UK – 888 UK Limited – was imposed an enormous monetary fine of £7.8 million for failing to handle customers at risk, The Guardian claimed it can revealed such activity, saying that UK bookmakers look to take advantage of the ones on low incomes and ones that have…

The UK gambling sector has considerably increased its size over the past ten years, mainly because of the raising popularity of online gambling among local customers. Another factor that is considered to have helped the British gambling industry boost its market share is the more liberal approach that the Government of the Prime Minister Tony Blair had in terms of gambling legislation and regulation. Betting operators in the territory of the UK were given the opportunity to access their potential customers directly in their homes thanks to the Gambling Act…

The leading British charity organisation aimed at dealing with problem gambling and gambling addictions – GambleAware – has revealed that it is to hold its 5th annual Harm-Minimisation Conference in December 2017. The Conference is to be hosted at The King’s Fund in London on December 6th and 7th for fifth consecutive year. For half a decade now, the non-profit organisation promoting responsible gambling has been the organiser of a Harm-Minimisation in Gambling Conference on an annual basis. Over the years, GambleAware conferences have become a driving force in shaping…