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A staff member of one of the British leading bookmakers who acquired more than £40,000 himself from a gambling scam could be facing an imprisonment sentence. The former Coral worker Gavin Thomson, who worked at the company’s betting shops in Dundee and Forfar, found a certain malfunction in the gambling operator’s computer system which allowed users to place bets after sports events finished. Thomson took advantage of the system’s failure, coming up with a scheme which eventually brought him a total amount of £40,300. He gave friends so money to…

Part of a special initiative set to prevent young people from getting addicted to gambling is expected to be released in Aberdeen. The amount of £750,000 has been secured by the Scottish charity organisation Fast Forward to back the major scheme which is to be carried out across the country over the next three years. The sum was provided by the independent charity organisation GambleAware, which has been working to prevent problem gambling from spreading on the territory of the country and will also include the establishment of a Scottish…

Lancashire gamblers could lose an amount of approximately £3 million on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) this summer, with no further proactive measures taken by local MPs. According to estimates, the gamblers in the county could lose a total of £2,952,551, despite the fact that anti-gambling campaigners are still calling for the Government to bring further measures into effect in order to protect gambling addicts. It seems that Blackpool would be most affected by the increased spending on the high-rates gambling machines, with its residents’ spending on FOBTs expected to amount…

According to a recently released report, the large number of poker machines on the territory of Christchurch has led to an increasing rate of problem gambling among local citizens. As mentioned above, the massive number of pokies in the city has been blamed for the quickly spreading gambling addiction among local residents. According to some, the problem with rising gambling addiction has been “over-represented” in Christchurch. The above-mentioned report, called “The Economic Impact of NCGMs on Christchurch City”, has revealed that levels of problem gambling have been slowly falling in…

A charity organisation has revealed that football players from the Scottish Premiership often tend to turn to loan sharks in order to lend money at extremely high interest rates to fuel their problem gambling. The Chief Executive Officer of Sporting Chance, a charity which is especially oriented towards gambling addicts, Colin Bland, commented on the matter after media reports that Ladbrokes has banned a Scottish Premiership star from all its shops after the football player had asked for some help. As reported by Casino Guardian, the British bookmaker, which is…

The UK bookmaker Ladbrokes has banned a top football player from using its betting services due to his serious gambling problem. Bosses at the gambling operator sent a note to the company’s staff to warn their employees that the footballer who plays in the Scottish Premiership should no longer be served in the brand’s betting outlets. The decision came after the international football player’s 12-month agreement which has prevented him from betting was brought to an end. The British gambling giant has initiated an internal check after a screenshot of…

So far in 2018, the competent authorities in Australia have brought some changes to the country’s online gambling policies, with illegal gambling sites banned in recent years. Despite the ban and the increased scrutiny imposed on the local gambling industry, offshore gambling sites remain very popular among Australian players. According to recent estimates, offshore gambling in the country is in the range between AU$63.9 million and AU$400 million, with some experts having predicted that the amount could reach AU$910 million by 2020. However, such gambling websites have been blamed for…

The major regulatory body for the UK gambling industry – the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) – has supported an investigation into the possible effects of gambling on children and more vulnerable individuals in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The City Council’s resolution to establish a task force to review the issue was fully backed by the Commission, which also claimed that the excessive gambling could result in a “public health concern”. The support given by the main UK gambling regulator follows a massive increase in the number of bookmakers in the district…

Today, a National Gambling Study (NGS) report was released to confirm that levels of gambling-related harm remain pretty much unchanged despite the fact that gambling participation rates decline. The study, which is a thorough long-term research on causes and harms of gambling, was carried out by Auckland University of Technology with funding from the Ministry of Health. As revealed by the Director of the Gambling and Addictions Research Centre, Professor Max Abbott, gambling participation rates fell by 5% in a 3-year span, from 80% in 2012 to 75% in 2015.…

According to most recent figures, Liverpool residents are expected to generate losses amounting to over £2.5 million on notorious fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) during the summer holiday of the Members of Parliament only. Experts have revealed that a total amount of £2,749,787 is expected to be lost by local punters on the machines during the 42-day Parliamentary recess. New industry statistics show that players across the country will waste an estimated amount of £210 million on the high-stakes betting machines, which have been pointed as one of the main drivers…