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The Law Commission of India (LCI) is inviting views and participation from stakeholders in terms of legalising gambling and betting in the country. Mandated by the Supreme Court, the LCI has undertaken a study on the issue saying the country’s Law and illegal-gambling stance have not acted as a deterrent to punters but forced the …
All conditions relating to OpCapita’s GBP 83 million acquisition of Sportech PLC’s The Football Pools business have been met with the award of a gambling license from the UK Gambling Commission. Following this development, Sportech PLC said it expects the completion of the transaction before the end of June 2017. “This is a significant step …
The Esports Integrity Coalition (ESIC) and the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) will collaborate following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covering the detection and reporting of betting anomalies in the ever-popular and growing eSports sector. The ESIC will work together with the UK Gambling Commission’s Sports Betting Intelligence Unit (SBIU) in identifying potential …
Considered a key judgment, the British Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court’s ruling that the UK Gambling Commission is entitled to refuse operating licenses to applicants, regardless of their suitability, if it deemed the operation would be inconsistent with the licensing objectives. The ruling refers to retailer and brewer Greene King who applied …
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has released its bi-annual industry statics for the period October 2015 to September 2016. Headline findings identified by the UKGC include: – GBP 13.8 billion total gross gambling yield (GGY) of the Great Britain gambling industry – GBP 4.5 billion total GGY for the remote sector – Remote sector accounts …
Tier one online gambling company 888 Holdings plc has advised in a stock exchange mandatory announcement that one of its subsidiary companies it is under review by its licensing authority, the UK Gambling Commission. Whilst not specifying the subsidiary or why it is being reviewed in terms of section 116 of the Gambling Act (a …
David Pemberton has been appointed chief operating officer of the UK Gambling Commission, effective June 31, an industry update said Wednesday. Pemberton, who will oversee the regulator’s corporate services including HR, finance, IT, planning and risk, previously served as executive director at Business in the Community’s regional operations in the East Midlands and Yorkshire & …
BetConstruct has successfully applied for both Casino and Pool Betting to expand its existing B2C remote gambling sports betting license with the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). “We have worked tirelessly in growing in a number of significant regulated markets and the UK is a very important part of this for BetConstruct,” said Sergey Harutyunyan, chief …
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has imposed its first ever financial penalty on a licensee regarding advertising failings. BGO Entertainment Ltd (BGO) received a GBP 300,000 fine for breaching the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP) with misleading advertising on its own and affiliates websites, the UKGC informed. “We want to make sure that …
Scottish daily fantasy sports operator, Premier Punt, has been awarded a license from the U.K. Gambling Commission (UKGC). Working on the premise that fantasy products will funnel users into sportsbook, Premier Punt is in the process of completing its Daily Fantasy Sportsbook product which it says will complement its current core DFS offer, working from …
Digital games provider, Pragmatic Play, has been granted a remote gambling software operating license by the U.K. Gambling Commission (UKGC). “It [the license award] is part of our continued regulatory and technical compliance strategy and demonstrates that we are fast becoming the global player of choice for significant B2C gaming brands, which allows our current …
The UK Gambling Commission today (6 April) published its Business plan for 2017/2018, outlining its focus and priorities in key areas for the next financial year. The Commission says that this year’s business plan will focus on five key areas: * Empower and protect consumers; * Raise standards across all gambling sectors; * Build partnerships …
The Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGC) has awarded content providers Live 5 Gaming and GreenTube UK Limited core service provider licensing. In addition, the AGCC reported receipt of an application for Category 1 and 2 eGambling Licensure from PariPlay Ltd.
UK Gambling Commission chief executive Sarah Harrison addressed the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Betting and Gaming this week, advising MPs that the Commission is reviewing the point-of-consumption tax on online gambling operators following two years of experience with the tax measure. The Commission’s mandate is to study how effectively the tax administration framework and purpose …
Following a review of complaints systems in the UK gambling industry, regulator the Gambling Commission has called for an improvement in how customer (player) disputes are handled, and urged online gambling operators and ADRs (alternative dispute resolution providers) to up their game. Commenting that the current system is “not working for consumers”, the Commission says …
Media reports from Massachusetts this week have highlighted some interesting developments in both online gambling legalisation and the state lottery’s attempts to get legislative permission to go online. Our readers may recall that last year the Senate voted 22-17 to give the State Lottery the green light for online activity, but the measure was not taken …
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission special committee tasked by state lawmakers with studying and presenting recommendations on the regulation of intrastate-legalised online gambling (see previous reports) is due to submit its conclusions this week, but media sources have expressed doubts that it is yet in a position to do so. The Commission has studied different proposals, …
The UK Gambling Commission’s new report on overall gambling participation and perceptions in 2016 provides a “more detailed snapshot of online behaviors” and makes for interesting reading. The survey comprised 1000 respondents who were interviewed either telephonically or online with headline findings identified by the UKGC as: A 3 percent increase over 2015 in respondents …
The punishments handed down on two UK men, Dylan Rigby (34) and Craig Douglas (33) for operating an unlicensed eSports betting website (see previous report) were reported in the UK Gambling Commission’s latest monthly email, detailing that both men pleaded guilty to charges brought by the Commission and were fined GBP 174,000 and GBP 91,000 …
Norwegian online gambling group Gaming Innovation Group, fresh from a successful $400 million capital raising project and the achievement of a UK Gambling Commission licensing (see previous reports), has announced that it has launched its popular Guts.com and Super Lenny.com brands in the UK market. The UK licence includes sports betting, allowing GIG to operate …
The UK Gambling Commission’s heavily redacted report on a GBP2.5 million national lottery pay-out awarded to an allegedly fraudulent claimant with insider connections has attracted wide criticism that includes accusations of a cover up by Tom Watson, deputy leader of the opposition Labour Party. In an interview with the Daily Mirror newspaper, Watson said: ‘It …
The UK Government has extended Walter Merricks’ term as Commissioner of the Gambling Commission for a further year, ending December 31, 2017. Merricks chairs the boards of IMPRESS, the independent monitor for the press, and JUSTICE, the law reform charity. He was the inaugural Chief Ombudsman of the Financial Ombudsman Service for a decade, and …
Regulatory certification and consulting firms Quinel and Avviza have concluded their extensive survey of European national online gambling technical regulatory requirements following a six month project to assemble an easy to reference matrix, commissioned last year by the European Commission’s Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs directorate. The companies delivered their conclusions, which include both …
The Guardian newspaper reports that the UK Gambling Commission plans to unveil new enforcement strategies on problem gambling and money laundering prevention this month, laying down tougher penalties for operators who fail to tackle these issues. The CEO of the Commission, Sarah Harrison, recently warned in an industry address that gambling firms can expect tougher …