Author: Olivia Cole

Sport Ireland, formerly the Irish Sports Council, has gotten in contact with Cricket Ireland to talk about sponsorship agreements after receiving some complaints regarding gambling companies’ adverts that were visible at recent cricket matches between India and Ireland. The controversial adverts promoted gambling companies that have been allegedly taking wagers on children’s sports and promoting sexual content. Reportedly, the statutory authority that monitors and partly funds the development of sports in Ireland received a number of cricket fans’ complaints about several gambling operators that had advertising hoardings and the boundary…

Earlier this week, Tabcorp revealed that it was getting a refund of approximately $83 million after establishing a settlement with the Australian Tax Office (ATO). The controversy between the two parties started after the country’s Tax Office demanded Tabcorp pay its operating licence taxes and its due fees on other provisions. Although the gambling and racing giant paid the full amount of what it was told it owed in tax liabilities and interest, it filed legal action against the regulator, claiming that the tax authority was not calculating the tax…

The Star Sydney resumed free alcohol offering for its most affluent customers, although the controversial practice was temporarily put on hold amid the Bell probe into the company’s operations. The casino operator will serve free alcoholic drinks only to so-called VIP customers. As Casino Guardian previously reported, the Bell probe into the Australian casino giant’s operations and services put the practice on hold at its Sydney casino venue. The Commissioner’s inquiry unveiled that some of the casino’s customers used to receive free alcohol as an inducement to stay in the…

The Irish Government is moving forward with plans to suspend gambling advertising on television channels as part of a major regulatory move that could see the two local dedicated racing channels blocked. James Browne, the Department of Justice’s Junior Minister, has informed his colleagues in the Fianna Fáil that granting Sky Sports Racing and Racing TV with exemption from the provisions of the Gambling Regulation Bill would not be legally sustainable. As explained by Mr Browne, the move will probably boost the tension among the coalition Members of Parliament (TDs)…

Ireland’s lottery regulatory body imposed a monetary sanction worth €150,000 on Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI) after the watchdog found that the operator failed to remain in line with its licence conditions. The local regulator uncovered some self-exclusion clause breaches of PLI, which currently operates the Irish National Lottery. As a result, the company became subject to a €150,000 fine for violating its licence conditions. The monetary penalty has been unveiled as a result of an investigation into Premier Lotteries Ireland’s operations. The country’s lottery watchdog probed the company’s business and…

Australian betting and gambling giant Tabcorp has suffered an AU$1-million fine after the competent watchdog found that the company failed to comply with some regulatory directions issued after the investigations into a system outage that took place during the Spring Racing Carnival in 2020. The gambling company’s gambling and betting system was subject to a massive outage that continued for about 36 hours three years ago. By this, the operator violated the terms of its licence that requires its Wagering and Betting System (WBS) to be available for users at…

Earlier this month, the UK gambling regulatory body published an official announcement that a company that offered its services to British players online has had its operating licences suspended. The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) revealed that it had suspended In Touch Games Limited’s bingo, casino and gambling software remote operating permits No.: 0020901-R-104264-033 as it executes a review under section 116 of the Gambling Act of 2005. As the watchdog revealed, the suspension took place with immediate effect. The aforementioned review of the company’s licences and the following suspension came…

According to SkyCity’s latest report to the NZX, the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) has informed the gambling company that there has been an application for the suspension of the casino operator’s licence for the duration of about 10 days. The potential suspension of the casino licence will affect the operations of SkyCity’s casino locations in Auckland, Hamilton, and Queenstown. It is up to the Gambling Commission to decide whether to order a suspension of SkyCity’s licence and, if so, how long the suspension will last. The application for SkyCity’s…

It was not until the Premier League (PL) entered its tenth season that a gambling sponsorship was promoted on PL club shirts. Nowadays, 40% of the front-shirt sponsors of PL clubs are betting companies. It seems like even the ban on gambling-related partnerships on PL football shirt fronts has not disturbed the clubs as even before the implementation of the ban, the number of gambling front-shirt sponsorships remains the same. PL clubs’ intentions to continue to cash in on the questionable sponsorships with betting companies shows that expressed concerns about…

Australian casino giant Star Entertainment is still facing significant hurdles but it is on the way to improvement. The casino and hospitality behemoth continues with the implementation and execution of its remediation plans aimed at improving its practices following some serious regulatory challenges. As David Harris, the Minister for Gaming and Racing of New South Wales (NSW), shared in a report, the gambling company has so far managed to successfully implement more than two-thirds of the recommendations made in the Bell Review. As Casino Guardian previously reported, in September 2021,…