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Legal
April 2, 2020
Caesars Agreed To £13M Regulatory Settlement For Systemic Failures
The UK Gambling Commission has announced that Caesars Entertainment accepted to pay a mammoth £13 million penalty for systemic failings with regards to social responsibility, money laundering and customer interaction. Three senior members of management have also lost their Personal Management Licenses /PML/ due to the failures that happened between 2016 and 2018. Putting Customer […]
Business
March 31, 2020
Flutter Clears CMA Phase One Regulatory Hurdle For TSG Merger
The mega-merger deal between Irish-based Flutter Entertainment and Canadian-headquartered The Stars Group /TSG/ has moved one step ahead as the Competition and Markets Authority /CMA/ in the UK has given “unconditional phase one clearance” to the proposed combination. The owner of Paddy Power Betfair exchange, Flutter Entertainment, and the owner of Sky Bet, The Stars […]
Business
March 25, 2020
UK Introduces Covid-19 Package, BGC Praises The Intervention
The Betting and Gaming Council /BGC/, the gaming body that represents 90% of the betting and gaming industry in the UK, has issued a statement regarding the unprecedented package of measures introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak last week, praising the government for the magnitude of its intervention to help businesses that […]
Business
March 22, 2020
UK Government Forces Temporary Closure Of Betting Shops
Betting shops in the UK are closing down for a period of two weeks, after the latest set of unprecedented guidelines to combat the outbreak of coronavirus /Covid-19/ spread put them in the group of non-essential businesses, alongside casinos, cafes, pubs, leisure centers, cinemas, and museums, that were asked to stop operations with immediate effect. […]
Casino
March 18, 2020
Casino and Hospitality Operators Asks Governments to Rescue Them
For a number of industries and businesses, the coronavirus outbreak was an unprecedented challenge that they never really hard enough time to prepare for. As a matter of fact, despite several expert opinions on the matter, not many people foresaw the disease becoming a problem of this magnitude. Still, the virus is already here and […]
Legal
March 17, 2020
Gambling Curriculum Coming to Schools in the UK This Year
Gambling in the United Kingdom has been a topic of discussions on so many levels. There are lots of good things that can be said about the sector but this does not mean that the negative impacts are being overlooked. As the industry continues to thrive, there are more cases of negative aspects such as […]
Business
March 16, 2020
Betfred Obtains Access To MoPlay’s UK Customer Database
Betfred seems to have won the competitive auction for the customer database of online gaming operator MoPlay, as the owner company Addison Global has fallen into insolvency. Clients’ Database Auction The companies bidding for the UK section of the MoPlay’s clients featured strong competition from operators such as BetVictor, Star Sports and Virgin Media, but […]
Lottery
March 13, 2020
UKGC: National Lottery Timetable Dates Indicative Only
A possible delay in the tender process that is about to select the operator for the UK National Lottery for 14 years, starting from 2023, has provoked concerns among potential bidders, claiming any delay favours the current operator. Two Months Less To Transfer Operations The timetable for the bidding process, a procurement-type questionnaire drafted by […]
Business
February 27, 2020
The Stars Group 2019 Financial Report Posted $2.53Bn Total Revenue
The Stars Group /TSG/ 2019 financial results report released today showed the company had a strong performance in two specific geographic markets, Australia and the UK. The Stars Group, the company that is currently merging with owner of FanDuel and Paddy Power Betfair, the US-based Flutter Entertainment, showed a 24.6% year-on-year increase in revenue and […]
Casino
February 14, 2020
Gambling Shares Drop Amid Mention of Potential £2 Limit on Online Games
Shares in gambling companies in the United Kingdom have come a-tumbling after the UK Gambling Commission’s chief executive, Neil McArthur, acknowledged that the Commission could take an interest in reviewing the maximum allowable bets on online slots, scaling them down to £2. Mr. McArthur spoke to a cross-parliamentary group of MPs (APPG) overseeing gambling and […]