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The Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland, Brian Kavanagh, said that bookmakers should not be given a permission to turn down bets on Irish horse races. In an interview for The Times, he called for some drastic changes in the regulatory rules of the industry and said that bookmakers should be made to lay minimum-liability bet. Mr. Kavanagh commented that the local gambling industry needs an independent Gambling Commission to be engaged with the regulation of the existing forms of gaming, betting and gambling in Ireland. Up to date,…

The Australian Labor Party has backed future gambling expansion in Cairns, sharing plans to bring two new casinos and integrated resorts to Queensland. However, the leader of the One Nation Party, Pauline Hanson, has urged the State Government to dismiss plans to issue a new casino license to Cairns in favour of the Keppel Island. Ms. Hanson has expressed her hopes that the Great Keppel Island and Cairns could secure the two available licenses in the state. Treasurer Curtis Pitt, however, renounced such an option, saying it was not possible.…

A casino brand has been rejected a planning permission after Waltham residents have recently shared their concerns with the possible negative effects that the casino could have on the area. Earlier, the Waltham Forest Council received an application filed by Cosmic Casino, with the gambling brand asking for a permission to turn the estate agents Clarke Hillier’s former site into a gambling venue for the local customers. However, the residents have protested against the project, raising the red flag that such a conversion would damage the shopping street’s “viability and…

A lucky Grosvenor Casino customer managed to win a jackpot of £53,000 by placing a £1. The punter walked away with the large money prize after hitting the jackpot with a £1 at Glasgow’s Grosvenor Casino Riverboat. The customer won a total amount of £53,000.97 from his Poker Stud side bet. The jackpot winning is hit less than a month after the same side bet of £1 brought a £18,000 prize to another customer. The latest winning at the Grosvenor Casino Riverboat in Glasgow was commented by the general manager…

The Irish Republican Party Fianna Fáil could push plans for new pieces of legislation aimed at creating a national gambling control office that would be working on various issues associated with gambling and gambling-related harm. The national gambling control office is planned to work for reduction of problem gambling, restriction of gambling advertising and deal with alleged money-laundering in the sector. Reportedly, the new pieces of legislation could be officially introduced before Christmas. The party also intends to use its weekly meeting of TD (Teachta Dála) members and senators to…

One of the leading charitable organisations aimed at prevention and treatment of problem gambling in the UK, GamCare, revealed that it managed to ink an agreement with GambleAware that would guarantee it new three-year funding for problem gambling treatment. Thanks to the funding it will get from GambleAware, GamCare would be able to provide free treatment services in the UK as well as the National Gambling HelpLine until March 2021. Apart from that, the charity has also announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer who is to take…

Right before the beginning of the Melbourne Cup, problem gambling in Australia is being addressed by a series of fake adverts released by The Peloton, a local comedy group. The company released two video ads this weekend, making a parody of the ads format often used by gambling operators such as William Hill, TAB, Sportsbet, etc. The videos were called “new ads from BrokeLadsSports365” and were aimed at highlighting the devastating impact that gambling has on Australians. Reportedly, local players are expected to spend a total of AU$500 million on…

The National Casino Forum (NCF) that currently represents the land-based casinos in the UK, unveiled a detailed response for the Call for Evidence made by the Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) in December 2016. At the end of last year, the DCMS rolled out a Call for Evidence, to which the NCF made some proposals for future modernisation of the local casino industry. Unfortunately, none of these proposals have been included in the consultation paper. As a response, the National Casino Forum issued a statement as a…

GAMSTOP, the new national online self-exclusion scheme, would take some more time to be implemented. As reported by The Racing Post, local gambling operators are to be given more time to prepare in order to be in line with the scheme’s requirements, so the official roll-out of GAMSTOP is to be delayed. Currently, all iGaming companies that want to offer their services in the country need an operating license issued by the UK Gambling Commission under the provisions of the Gambling Act of 2014. In order to protect local customers…

The mayor of Constanta Decebal Fagadau revealed that a third offer for renovation and consolidation of the Constanta Casino building was challenged by one of the bidders. Previously, two other offers organised for the same purpose with the seaside casino, were challenged, too. The Constanta Casino, which is situated at the Romanian seaside, has been in very poor state for years now. The casino, which was built in 1909, is categorised as a historical monument and is one of the emblematic sites for the city of Constanta. The casino has…