Author: Daniel Williams

According to the Junior Minister in the Department of Justice, David Stanton, the Irish Government’s plan to create an independent gambling regulatory body. These intentions were announced a couple of months ago as part of the Government’s efforts to make the regulation of the country’s gambling sector more efficient and up-to-date. Mr Stanton further noted that all stakeholders were unanimous on the regulator’s establishment and want to see it up and running as soon as possible. The Junior Minister took part in a seminar on licensing and regulation of gambling…

Today, the UK Gambling Commission revealed that four gambling operators will be forced to pay penalty packages totalling £4.5 million as part of the British major gambling regulator’s investigation into the country’s online casino industry. All monetary penalties have been imposed due to the businesses failures to guarantee effective safety measures in order to prevent money laundering and protect their customers from being affected by gambling-related harm. As mentioned above, the penalty packages have been imposed on the operators as part of the UKGC’s ongoing investigation into the local online…

A study released by the State Government has found that the number of South Australia residents who gamble online has risen nearly three times since 2012. The Government was set to release an extensive report into gambling trends, based on a research of held among 20,000 people. As revealed by the report, about 13% of the State’s population wagered online in 2018, with the figure representing a massive increase from 5% in 2012 and only 1% in 2005. What is even more disturbing of a trend was the fact that…

Whangārei District Council has asked the community to give it feedback about its Class 4 Gambling Venue policy, which is currently being reviewed. Class 4 gambling means that venues which hold such a license could offer non-casino electronic gambling machines. Since the so-called sinking lid policy was added to the Whangārei District in 2013, the number of venues which offer poker machines, also known as pokies, has declined from 33 to 20. As the District Council has revealed in its gambling policies, it plans to stick to the sinking lid…

We previously introduced Casino Guardian readers to the rights and responsibilities they have when gambling on the web. The final publication in our three-part series deals with the serious issue of problem gambling, its causes, symptoms, and the organisations problem gamblers in the UK can seek support from. You can access the first part of the series here, and the second one here. Most people in the UK get involved in one form of gambling or another at least once in their lives. With the increased popularity of online gambling,…

According to the authors of a new paper report published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), UK gambling legislation should see some radical changes brought to life, including a compulsory tax on the industry, in order for local lawmakers. The researchers insist that such an overhaul is necessary, as the authorities need to address the gambling-related harm inflicted on communities and society, which has remained vastly underestimated over the past few years. The study which has been recently published in the BMJ said that large investment and UK gambling legislation…

In our previous publication, we talked about your rights as an online casino player. The second article in our three-part series aims at introducing you to your responsibilities when gambling on the web including identity verification and compliance with promotional terms. Remote gambling is a steadily growing sector of the UK gambling industry, with an increasing number of Brits who prefer to take their chances of winning to the web. Surveys indicate that as of March 2017/2018 24.5% of all participants aged between 25 and 34 years old admitted they…

Online gambling has become extremely popular in the UK over the past decade, with hundreds of thousands of players making a choice to play in online casinos, as they allow them to play whenever they want to, regardless of their location. On the other hand, mobile gambling participation rates have also been rapidly increasing due to the rising popularity of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices in the gambling sector. Unfortunately, not many online casino players are actually aware of their rights and obligations as such, neither do they know…

An online advert for a Monopoly-themed casino game will not appear again after it was found to be enticing for children. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), UK’s advertising regulator, has yet to announce the ban officially but it is said to have had the advert removed. The advertisement, which is for a monopoly-based casino game, features the cartoon mascot of the popular board game, Rich Uncle Pennybags. It recently appeared on the Mirror Online website, which prompted a response from the ASA, the Guardian reported this week. The industry regulator…

The United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) has released a new document that focuses on better understanding and monitoring of the negative impact of gambling on children and young adults. The regulator has also reminded online gambling operators that the new rules for age and identity verification procedures come into effect on Tuesday, 7 May. The report under the title “Measuring gambling-related harms among children and young people: A framework for action” was developed by Ipsos MORI in collaboration with the Gambling Commission, the Advisory Board for Safer Gambling, and GambleAware.…