Author: Olivia Cole

The middle of the week saw the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) issue a statement to reveal that gambling operator TGP Europe Limited was ordered to pay a monetary penalty estimated at £316,250 due to a bunch of social responsibility (SR) and anti-money laundering (AML) failures. The operator, which operates a total of 19 website platforms targeting British customers, also received some additional licence conditions it would be required to stick to, and an official warning from the country’s gambling regulatory body. As explained by the Gambling Commission, the additional licence…

Establishing a stable presence in the brick-and-mortar retail sector seems to be a crucial part of Allwyn’s plan to improve the offering of the UK National Lottery. The Czech Republic’s lottery giant and new National Lottery licence holder, Allwyn UK, revealed that it has inked a new agreement with Vodafone that will see the two operators join forces to upgrade the UK National Lottery’s technological aspect as of 2024. As the official announcement of the agreement states, under the provisions of the deal, Vodafone will provide IoT (Internet of Things)…

Departing Australian Football League (AFL) boss Gillon McLachlan has faced a federal probe into gambling amid an increasing number of calls for the authorities to further crack down on the gambling and betting sector. Both the AFL boss and the National Rugby League (NRL) chief executive officer Andrew Abto appeared before a federal parliamentary inquiry into online gambling earlier today. At the inquiry, Members of Parliament pressed the due on their alleged ties to the local betting industry. As mentioned above, the probe has come amid an unprecedented campaign from…

The Government of Victoria has unveiled moves aimed at minimising gambling-related harm at Crown Melbourne, including mandatory 15-minute breaks for its casino patrons. Under the new requirements of the Government, casino customers who have been gambling for three hours straight will be forced to take a 15-minute break. Casino patrons who have been gambling for more than 12 hours in one day will be forced to take a 24-hour break. The new regulations will restrict casino patrons’ gambling to a maximum of 36 hours a week. Melissa Horne, the Casino…

The largest independent gambling charity organisation in the UK – GambleAware – announced that it has awarded a grant worth £350,000 to fund further examination of the link between gambling-related harm and discrimination and social stigma. The charity granted the aforementioned amount to the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) and the University of Wolverhampton to support their partnership with Liverpool John Moore University as part of an effort that would examine the effects of social stigma and discrimination on people who experience gambling-related harm. The announcement of the funding…

A multimillionaire mogul has taken a luxury West End sportsbook operator to court for not protecting him from his problem gambling behaviour. In a lawsuit 54-year-old businessman Scott O’Brien claims he lost over £100,000 while being in a gambling frenzy in the period from September 2018 to March 2019. The recycling tycoon shared that he has been addicted to gambling all his adult life, with the problem even pushing him to making attempt to commit suicide. The plaintiff told a judge that his gambling addiction got excessive after he sold…

The UK gambling regulator announced that a record £19.2-million monetary penalty is set to be paid by three gambling businesses owned by William Hill Group as a result of anti-money laundering and social responsibility failings. As unveiled by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) the overall fine amounts to £19.2 million. Of that, £12.5 million will be paid by WHG (International) Limited which runs williamhill.com, while Mr Green Limited, which operates mrgreen.com, and William Hill Organization Limited, which operates a total of 1,344 gambling premises across the UK, are set to…

Crown Resorts has been hit by a massive global data breach after a hacker group revealed they had obtained company files. The Australian gambling operator has already confirmed that it is currently investigating a possible data breach, with the data have been allegedly obtained after a file transfer service. According to recent revelations, Crown Resorts has become one of the several organisations caught up in a global data breach. A ransomware group of hackers recently contacted the gambling company and claimed they had managed to illegally obtain a number of…

Isle of Man-based gambling giant Entain has been confirmed as the preferred candidate to take over the commercial rights of government-owned TAB NZ in a deal worth more than NZ$1 billion. The company managed to oust rival operators Tabcorp and Sportsbet from the competition following the final bid presentations given by the three groups in Auckland on March 20th, 2023. Earlier today, TAB NZ confirmed that Entain had been named as the selected bidder for the 25-year strategic partnership agreement that would guarantee at least NZ$1-billion funding to the New…