Industry
March 2, 2022
GambleAware Invited Tenders to Evaluate Prevention Campaign Findings
Independent UK charity GambleAware published an Invitation to Tender, seeking to commission a holistic campaign evaluation and evidence-based assessment of outcomes of its prevention campaigns. Broad Objectives The independent charity with a mission to keep people safe from gambling harms GambleAware is executing prevention campaigns to prevent both men’s and women’s gambling harm and the […]
Legal
March 1, 2022
UK Gambling Commission Fines 888 with $12.6M
The Gambling Commission of the United Kingdom announced that it imposed a £9.4 million fine against online operator 888 over money laundering and social responsibility failings. GC Introduces a Fine, Warning for 888 The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) announced on Tuesday that it introduced a monetary penalty against 888 UK Limited, a company operating 78 […]
Sports
March 1, 2022
UK Tote Group to Add Voxbet Voice and Text Messaging
UK Tote Group continues to pivot towards innovation with the company signing up a new partnership with Voxbet, a solution that is focused on allowing punters to speak directly into their devices and place a bet this way focused on horse racing. The project is designed to innovate the betting experience and is facilitated through […]
Industry
March 1, 2022
BACTA to Add YGAM and Betknowmore UK Gambling Training to Site
The British Amusement Catering Trade Association has become the latest organization to promote the importance of responsible gambling by making its Safer Gambling Training program accessible on the association’s dedicated bactaPortal. The program is the brainchild of YGAM and Betknowmore UK, which are focused on developing infrastructure that sheds scientific evidence into the development of […]
Sports
February 28, 2022
Spotlight, Paddy Power Create New Cheltenham Morning Show
Spotlight Sports Group announced a new live morning show created in collaboration with Paddy Power. Racing Fans to Enjoy New Live Morning Show during 2022 Cheltenham Festival The leading technology, content, and media company, Spotlight Sports Group (SSG), announced that it plans to launch a new live morning show. The show will run throughout the […]
Industry
February 24, 2022
UKGC Fines BV Gaming $2.68M, Cites Mitigating Factors
BetVictor, the trade name of BV Gaming, has become the latest operator in the British gambling market to come under scrutiny and subsequent penalty by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). BV Gaming also owns Parimatch.com and Heart Bingo. The regulator has issued a £2 million ($2.68 million) penalty on BV Gaming in what the watchdog […]
Sports
February 23, 2022
Southampton FC Launches ‘The Bitcoin Hunt’ Alongside Sportsbet
Southampton Football Club will celebrate its continued partnership with its main club partner, the crypto sports betting platform Sportsbet.io, by hosting a treasure-hunt-styled event with a whole Bitcoin on the line. The Bitcoin Hunt Begins The competition is fittingly called The Bitcoin Hunt and will see participants go through a variety of challenges as they […]
Industry
February 23, 2022
Low6 Picks Sporting Minds UK as Its Charity of 2022
Sports technology company Low6 has teamed up with Sporting Minds UK in a bid to raise awareness for organizations that are making meaningful and positive changes in sports. A particular focus of the collaboration, and the charity, is to encourage and nurture positive mental health in sport, an industry that has known to face challenges […]
Industry
February 22, 2022
British Gambling Perception Shifting After Five Years of Worsening Attitude
A survey by the Gambling Commission suggests the British perception of gambling is improving for the first time in the last five years when the first survey was initiated. After subsequent years of worsening public attitudes, respondents who were surveyed by phone recorded statistically-significant improvements in their views on gambling. Gambling Commission’s Surveys Study Gambling […]
Industry
February 22, 2022
The LGA and APCC Appeal for Tougher Regulations on UK Gambling
The Local Government Association and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners are appealing for tougher regulations on the gambling industry amid gambling harm concerns. They hope that this will be taken into mind in the 2005 Gambling Act review. Councils Should be Able to Choose Which Venues to Greenlight The concerns stem from recent research that concluded […]