Author: Olivia Cole

Recent statistics provided by the Liquor and Gaming NSW have shown that the amount lost on clubs and pubs’ pokies by Wellington and Dubbo-based players in 2018 is estimated to about AU$38 million. According to reports, 27 venues in the Dubbo Regional Council area collected overall net gaming machine profits of AU$37,943,741 in 2018. In comparison, the net poker machine profits in 2017 amounted to AU$36,799,817. There were 696 gambling machines in the community at the end of 2018, compared to 730 at the end of 2017. The reduced number…

The Irish lottery regulator has backed raising concerns associated with betting on the outcome of lottery draws over the Internet, in spite of the fact that the practice has not been illegal. As the Irish Examiner revealed, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) has refused to respond to an inquiry made by the local media, which wanted to know whether it was suitable that the watchdog should be engaged with legal competition to the industry it regulates. At the time when a meeting was held between Carol Boate,…

Many young people are facing difficulties dealing with financial debts which have occurred as a result of online gambling, pay-later schemes, credit cards ownership, etc. Mia Shelton, a researcher for Financial Counselling Australia, explained that the industry needed to invest more efforts to find out more about young people’s difficulties in managing debt because such issues could cost them a lot before they decide to seek for help. According to recent studies, young Australians are willingly spending their money on online gambling and “buy-now, pay-later” schemes – a trend which…

Casino operator SKYCITY revealed that it is to release an online casino later in 2019. To make that happen, SKYCITY has signed a landmark deal under the provisions of which it would be able to offer online gambling to residents of New Zealand. The online casino would be operated from the Mediterranean through the Malta-based subsidiary of the company, SKYCITY Malta in partnership with Gaming Innovation Group, which is to provide the technology. The online casino is expected to be officially launched in mid-2019. The announcement has been revealed after…

The surprising win of the Coalition was not the only news which saw millions of Australian residents surprised. Another interesting revelation regarding the gambling business Sportsbet, as it became clear that, by Sunday night, the company had paid out more than AU$5 to local punters on election bets. The betting operator, just like most of Australia, was absolutely sure that the local Labour party would win, so it decided to pay out its customers’ “winning” bets a couple of days before the votes have actually been counted. The overall amount…

GVC Holdings, the owner of British gambling brands Ladbrokes and Coral, has changed its expectations for the impact which the recently imposed crackdown on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) was expected to have on its performance. The group reduced the predicted impact, saying that the cut in the maximum stake of the machines from £100 to £2 which was brought into effect at the beginning of April is now expected to affect its earnings by approximately £105 million. In comparison, the company had previously forecast that the reduced maximum stake of…

A new survey has shown that seven in ten gamblers do not believe in bookmakers’ intentions to help British people gamble responsibly. In a poll released by the international online market research and data analytics company YouGov, one in five players confessed that they had made an online bet which they could not actually afford over the last couple of years. Moreover, almost 75% of the people who have gambled online in 2019 supported the proposal for stricter measures to be imposed on online gambling. The poll also found massive…

The UK advertising watchdog has banned one of the adverts of gambling giant William Hill after allegations that the ad linked gambling with sexual success. The complainant filed a complaint against a paid-for message for William Hill seen on the dating application Tinder on March 11th, 2019. As seen by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the message was aimed at encouraging customers to gamble on any Cheltenham race and offering a link to download the application of William Hill by creating a link between gambling activities and sexual success. The…

One of the councils in the state of Victoria with the strictest anti-gambling policies across the country is taking its battle against controversial pokies to the Supreme Court. Susan Rennie, the Council Mayor of Darebin City, shared her disappointment with the support provided by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal to the attempt of the Darebin RSL Club to add 15 more poker machines to its premises in spite of the fact that the community was opposed to such a gambling expansion. At a confidential meeting which took place on…

It seems that despite the large sponsorship deals between gambling operators and Premier League football clubs, gambling companies are making considerably smaller contributions to the largest charity organisation which is focused on dealing with problem gambling and the devastating impact it could have on people’s health. The sponsorship deals with the Premier League are estimated to about £120 million. On the other hand, the amount granted to the largest gambling charity in the UK is about £50 million. The major gambling regulator in the country – the UK Gambling Commission…