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The party of the NSW Greens have unveiled plans to suspend so-called poker machines from clubs and pubs in the state of New South Wales amid constantly increasing calls from anti-gambling campaigners to clean up the sector. On December 4th, the party released its “Pull the Pin on Pokies” strategy which seeks to help venues access alternative revenue streams and also redirect the existing revenue aimed at supporting problem gambling services. The NSW Greens are also backing the introduction of the so-called cashless gambling card that is currently being considered…

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Paul Scully, said he wanted to see the white paper of the Government’s much-delayed review of the local gambling industry but was not able to say whether the results of the assessment would be published by the end of 2022. Mr Scully, who took over the position in October 2022, revealed that the Government’s findings and proposals are expected to be published in the next few weeks. The UK Government rolled out its gambling review…

According to submissions to a federal parliamentary inquiry into problem gambling and gambling addicts, Australian media hubs are not willing to support a proposed online gaming advertising ban. The federal Labour Government has started a widespread crackdown on gambling advertising in the country, after the latest reports provided by The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare have revealed that local people lose about AU$25 billion on legal forms of gambling on an annual basis. Reports say that commercial television and radio channel operators fear that the potential restrictions on gaming…

The UK Gambling Commission has published its regular data regarding customers’ gambling behaviour and how it is reacting to current factors in the country’s gambling environment. The operator data unveiled by the local gambling regulatory body covers the period from March 2020 and September 2022, inclusive, and reflects customer data about both in-person and online gambling that was specially provided by so-called LBOs (licensed betting operators) in the UK. As previously explained by Casino Guardian, such data is published by the Commission on a quarterly basis. The country’s gambling watchdog…

The proponents of gambling reform and gamblers’ rights in Australia claim that gambling companies tend to keep millions when local gambling addicts spend their money. Some of the victims of crimes occurring from problem gambling behaviour never get their money back, too. According to stricter gambling regulation advocates, gambling operators keep the proceeds of crimes committed by gambling addicts, which leaves victims of those crimes with very few options to seek compensation for their losses. Anti-gambling campaigners claim that the system that is supposed to keep them regulated is not…

The British Government is making plans to roll out maximum betting stakes to online gambling operations in an effort to tackle rising gambling addiction rates in the country, reports have revealed. Recent data provided by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) as a result of the regulator’s quarterly telephone survey saw the proportion of British adults gambling online equal to the proportion of British adults gambling in brick-and-mortar venues – 18%. In comparison, five years earlier, the proportion of people gambling in person was almost two times bigger than the online…

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) revealed that online gambling harm affects an increasing number of local residents and once again called for the Federal Government to regulate digital gambling platforms and advertising in the country. The AMA has called on the country’s Government to invest more efforts to regulate online gambling platforms and online gambling advertising and marketing campaigns. The Association filed a submission to the authorities regarding its “Parliamentary Inquiry into Online Gambling and Its Impacts on Those Experiencing Gambling Harm”. AMA’s submission comes at a time when new…

The National Health Service (NHS) has urged the local gambling sector to start caring more about the actual human cost that usually remains hidden behind their profits after revelations that the demand for NHS gambling clinics in the country has increased by 42% year-on-year. According to data provided by medical professionals, more people were attending A&E departments after losing all their money while betting online. Doctors revealed that, currently, NHS gambling clinics are full of young men who have been lured into risky gambling behaviour by betting firms. A massive…

The trade body representing the UK legal gambling sector has issued a warning against the adoption of overprotective rules from the Government and local regulators saying that it alienates customers in the regulated gambling market and forces them to seek similar services offered on black-market online gambling platforms in the UK or offshore. The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has called for an evidence-based approach regarding the re-regulation of the country’s gambling industry and has been against the idea of imposing spending limits, saying that such limitations would push customers…

The antitrust watchdog of the UK has moved to enhance its scrutiny of the reign of US technology giants Google and Apple by commencing an in-depth investigation into elements of the two companies’ ecosystem dominance. The regulatory body is probing mobile duopoly’s approach toward rival cloud gaming services and mobile browsers after sharing its concern that could be harming consumers on one hand, and restricting competition, on the other hand. The regulatory action follows a market study that was held by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in 2021 and…