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A 70-year-old man from Western Australia lost an amount of about AU$300,000 after becoming victim to fraudsters in the Philippines in what turned out to be a complex card game gambling scam. The man lost the cash a 15-month period, with the fraud starting after the victim was approached and befriended by another man, at a Manila-based shopping centre. The victim revealed at the time that he was looking for an apartment and a partner there. As further revealed by Consumer Protection Western Australia, the Filipino man invited the elderly…

As Casino Guardian wrote a few days ago, a new House of Lords committee is expected to soon be established. As explained at the time, the body is to be created to review and analyse the impact which poor gambling regulation of the Labour Government in 2005 had inflicted on the country’s gambling sector. The new House of Lords committee is set to begin investigating into the above-mentioned issues later in 2019 and is expected to provide its official report from the investigation by March 2020. The announcement for the…

The Irish Government has revealed that gambling operators are to be obliged to fund a regulatory body which will be entitled with the power to fine on companies in case they violate the proposed stricter gambling legislation. As Casino Guardian already reported, some serious changes were recommended to be made in the sector, especially in regards to stricter gambling regulation and monitoring of bookmakers’ customer policies. The junior justice minister David Stanton revealed yesterday that a special gambling watchdog is set to be established in order to oversee the upcoming…

Today, a Government report is expected to be rolled out in order to make a proposal for the establishment of a new gambling regulator which would be empowered to regulate and grant licenses to thousands of gaming machines. The Irish Government is set to approve the proposal for the gambling regulatory body establishment. Apart from that, a new social fund, which is to be funded by levies paid by licensed gambling companies in the country, is also set to be introduced to support various programs aimed at research, raising-awareness campaigns…

British gamblers are set to face stricter age and ID checks from May 2019 before they are allowed to place bets. The change is being considered as part of the local regulators’ plans to unveil a nationwide self-exclusion scheme for online players. The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has revealed that it is willing to impose tougher age and identity checks, with the players required to provide their date of birth, name, address and email address to be allowed to place a bet on a gambling website. In a way, the…

The regulatory body for thoroughbred racing in New South Wales – Racing NSW – has started an investigation into the relationship between Steve Fletcher, a famous punter, and former trading manager of Tabcorp Sally Snow and, by extension, the professional punter Nathan Snow who is her husband. On March 6th, Mrs Snow was warned off all NSW tracks and later resigned from her position as trading manager at Tabcorp, following a number of requests to hand over her mobile phone to staff which she refused to do. She refused to…

After the major UK gambling regulatory body launched an investigation into the ante-post bets’ voiding by BetBright, this Wednesday it said that the Dublin-based digital entertainment and online sports betting company told it that it had faced what it called “a very real possibility” of insolvent liquidation. Reportedly, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) said that it was satisfied with the way the gambling company had handled the situation. On the other hand, the punter whose ante-post bets were voided by the Irish bookmaker is still preparing to launch legal action…

A recent study has shown that people who suffer from gambling addiction are 15 times more likely to commit suicide. The largest study of this kind has been carried out by professional at Lund University in Sweden who have urged the Government to take action as quickly as possible and tackle problem gambling rates. More than 2,000 people suffering from gambling disorders have been monitored by the researchers, with the results of the study showing that is a much greater risk of suicide among problem gamblers in comparison to the…

British billionaire James Stunt has admitted that he is being chased over a massive gambling debt worth more than £1 million. The 37-year-old man further shared that he plans to settle the debt by using paintings of Picasso and Monet, which he has previously lent to the Prince of Wales. Reportedly, the seven-figure loss was generated by Stunt with a spread-betting operator called CMC Spreadbet. As written in court documents, the British billionaire is seeking to pay off his debt, so he has proposed borrowing £70 million secured in return…

Facial recognition technology has been installed by New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT) at its Gisborne-based gaming venues. As revealed by the Chief Executive Officer of NZCT, Mike Knell, the implementation of the new technology across the six casinos aims to help self-excluded problem gamblers stay away from gambling. Mr Knell explained that NZCT understands and accepts that proper care should be provided to casino customers, as well as the legal obligation for help to be provided to problem gamblers who want to exclude themselves from the Trust’s casino facilities. According…