Author: Olivia Cole

An investigation has found that the National Australia Bank (NAB) was seriously misled by a senior manager of the Australian gambling and entertainment giant Star Entertainment Group about a controversial credit card that high-roller customers used at the gambling venues of the company. As Casino Guardian already reported, the gambling regulatory body of the state of New South Wales (NSW) has started an investigation of whether criminal activity, such as money laundering, has managed to infiltrate The Star Sydney and whether the company is suitable to keep its casino operating…

Tabcorp is on its way to becoming one of the biggest corporate users of Google’s open-source UI software development kit Flutter in Australia. The development toolkit is set to help the gambling company support its offerings in retail, online and mobile markets. The gambling operator is currently engaged with the rebuilding of its TAB website, mobile application, and retail terminals, as it wants to implement a single codebase throughout its entire network of gambling services, instead of continuing to operate with a number of codebases, which include native iOS, Kotlin,…

Today, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) made an announcement to officially name Allwyn Entertainment Ltd as its preferred applicant for the fourth operating licence of the National Lottery. As Casino Guardian already reported, the UK National Lottery is among the largest lotteries on a global scale. Its current operating licence is set to expire in 2024, so the country’s gambling regulator has been expected to announce its choice for the fourth licence holder. Since its official launch in 1994, the players of the National Lottery have collectively accounted for over…

The news that the betting sector will once again play an important part in the Cheltenham Festival came as no surprise to anyone. The Jockey Club has revealed that 250 bookmakers are expected to be on site of one of the largest events in the sector in 2022. Back in 2019, bookmakers from Coral projected that the market would generate approximately £500 million in the same year. But while many people see the Cheltenham Festival as a reason to have some fun while betting, the annual premier horse racing event…

Flutter Entertainment has revealed it will become the first gambling operator in the UK to link employee payments with its new global responsible gambling initiative, called Play Well. The measure that is using a holistic approach across all of the gambling operator’s brands to tackle harmful and dangerous gambling behaviour. As part of the initiative, players will be able to use information, tools and support enabling a positive, entertaining and safe experience so that the negative effect on customers is minimised as much as possible. As revealed in an interview…

The main advertising regulator in the UK scolded Paddy Power for an ad featuring an unclear and unintelligible voiceover announcement of the terms and conditions of its offer. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a radio ad for the Flutter Entertainment-owned sportsbook services heard on December 12th, 2021. The advert promoted the Bet Builder offer of Paddy Power but, according to the complainant, the voiceover covering the terms and conditions of the offer at the end of the ad was too quick and at a low volume that made…

Today, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) announced that the online gambling operator Bonne Terre Limited, which trades as Sky Betting and Gaming, will have to pay a monetary fine of £1.17 million because it found the operator to have been sending emails promoting its services to customers who had self-excluded from gambling or chose not to receive marketing materials. The UKGC’s investigation showed that on November 2nd, 2021 the online gambling company distributed a promotional offer for its Sky Vegas brand to a total of 249,159 customers who had chosen…

Mansion Group announced a decision to suspend its operations in the sports betting vertical so that it becomes more focused on its online gambling products and content available to customers. The brand is set to make a move forward and focus primarily on running casino brands after fully withdrawing its presence from the sports betting market by ceasing all sportsbook operations it currently runs, including MansionBet, which has been one of its flagship products. The gambling company officially revealed that its MansionBet online gambling platform will close down on March…

The Perth Casino Royal Commission, which got established in 2021, has delivered its final report about a year later. No matter what recommendations are made by the Commission, the Government of Western Australia has yet to decide when it will make the findings of the report public. The report of the Perth Royal Commission comes 4 months later than its original deadline in November 2021, which was extended after the three commissioners – Leville Owen, Colin Murphy and Lindy Jenkins – requested for such an extension, citing the pressure of…