Author: Daniel Williams

Bolton Wanderers have supported a campaign aimed at bringing an end to gambling company sponsorship and advertising in professional sport. Currently, the campaign, called Against the Odds, is having negotiations with a range of football clubs and some of its officials have shared hope that the decision of the Horwich-based football club will trigger a nationwide movement. The campaign has urged all professional football clubs to cut ties with the country’s gambling sector. According to research by Against the Odds, gambling companies’ logos can appear more than 700 times in…

In 2021, Gordon Moody – the charity organisation that supports gambling addicts in the UK – celebrated 50 years of providing professional help to the ones facing the worst consequences of their problem gambling behaviour. As a result, this year the organisation has expanded its centres across the country in order to include what Matthew Hickey, its chief executive officer, believes to be the only gambling treatment facility that specifically targets female gambling addicts in the UK, and possibly the world. That move, plus the establishment of a new problem…

The Queensland Government has unveiled a series of stricter casino legislation that is expected to provide it with better oversight of the industry. The Palaszczuk Government has decided to follow suit with other Australian states that have recently implemented tougher measures on their gambling sectors, following regulatory inquiries faced by Crown Resorts in the states of Victoria, New South Wales (NSW) and Western Australia (WA), and by Star Entertainment Group in New South Wales. The new laws have been aimed at providing the implementation of independent monitors to oversee casino…

Victoria’s Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) pledged that it will closely watch local bookmakers, especially now, with the Spring Racing Carnival just around the corner. The state’s gambling regulatory body promised to take quick and steadfast action in case it found any bookmakers violating the rules. The Spring Racing Carnival is one of the largest horse racing events in the state of Victoria. It is held on an annual basis and normally attracts many fans of sports betting and horse racing. Unfortunately, with that said, it is no surprise…

A non-professional football player from New Zealand’s Central League has faced a provisional suspension for allegedly violating the country’s sports betting regulations. So far, neither the TAB nor New Zealand Football (NZF) have revealed the identity of the player, his club, or the betting amounts involved, due to the fact that the matter is still under investigation. In case the amateur club footballer is found to have actually violated the gambling rules of the Central League of New Zealand, they could face a suspension from being involved in the NZF…

The company of Australian bookmaker Tom Waterhouse has been pleased to find out that the gambling regulatory body of New South Wales dropped the claims of illegal betting ads faced by Mr Waterhouse. At the beginning of the week, the Liquor and Gaming NSW announced a decision to withdraw 14 charges of a gambling advert’s illegal publishing that were laid against Tom Waterhouse in 2020 and 2021. The issue had been scheduled to progress to a contested court hearing on October 10th. A spokesperson for the Liquor and Gaming NSW…

A new digital wallet that is aimed at reducing money-laundering risks and gambling-related harm is being rolled out for the first time in New South Wales (NSW). According to reports, up to 200 people are set to take part in the trial. Kevin Anderson, the Minister for Hospitality and Racing, has shared that so-called e-wallets are being tested as part of a first-time initiative that is focused on helping managers of brick-and-mortar venues and law enforcement officials recognise money-laundering cases. He has revealed that the trial is part of an…

Sports organisations and franchises in Australia have reiterated a commitment to making sports betting safer in the country. So far this week, three sports organisations have shared a decision to extend their partnership agreements with the Reclaim the Game campaign of the Government of New South Wales (NSW) for two more years, hoping that the move would eventually help sports fans and gambling customers get away from match-fixing and various destructive gambling patterns. The three sports organisations that backed the NSW Government’s Reclaim the Game campaign include A-League soccer clubs…

The beginning of the month saw new rules featuring stricter protections for underage individuals come into force at the beginning of the month as part of the commitment of the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) to safeguard young people and vulnerable people. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has revealed that it is to now take some complaints about the content of gambling and lottery adverts into consideration to make sure that such content will not be found strongly appealing to children and young people. Under the new rules, marketers are…

An inquiry regarding the impacts of online gambling on Australian residents has been recently rolled out, following a referral from the Honorable Amanda Rishworth MP, the Minister for Social Services of Australia. A couple of weeks ago, the research was officially launched to check the impact that digital gambling has on local people, considering the increased online gambling participation rates. The chair of the House of Representatives’ standing committee on social policy and legal affairs, Peta Murphy MP, has noted that the ongoing inquiry will provide a new point of…