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The Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) may have just launched the Responsible Gambling and Player Protection, however it appears that UK ministers are prepared to further add restrictions to UK gambling regulators. Sources close to UK Media and Culture Secretary – Maria Miller are said to have reported that UK coalition government is prepared to implement radical reforms and restrictions …

UK bookmaker Coral is to live stream a Cheltenham Festival preview evening for the first time to its thousands of online customers. A panel chaired by Channel 4 Racing presenter, Nick Luck, will provide insight and tips on all 27 races during a two hour webcast from 7pm on Sunday 9th March to help Festival fans make their selections. Luck will be …

Betathome.com / AG Group released its annual performance report for 2013 (period – 01/01/2013 to 31/12/2013). The operator was pleased to announce a 578% increase on EBIT figures in 2013, citing new corporate strategies and a focus to reduce operational costs as key drivers for the positive figures. The sports betting and igaming operator reported a 10% decline in gaming …

April 8th-9 2014 will see the hosting of the Scandinavian iGaming Forum at the Grand Hotel Stockholm. Key agenda will centre round the evolving regulations and player trends of igaming markets in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland. The two day conference will aim to bring further insight into the development of regulation concerning the regulation of igaming in the …

Michael Mueller co-founder of pre-paid payment provider – paysafecard has stepped down from his position as Chief Executive. Mueller had served as CEO, of the payment services company since 2005, and had been a core member of the founding team in 2000. Paysafecard announced that Udo Mueller would now be taking over the role of CEO. paysafecard is one of …

Website optimisation and marketing data specialists Maxymiser have announced the launch of the Maxymiser Customer Success Symposium, the marketing insight and networking event designed to shed light on digital customer marketing initiatives that have generated success in competitive markets The Maxymiser Customer Success Symposium is a  free-to-attend conference, hosted at BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LN, on the 27th of …

The Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) may have passed a voluntary code of conduct for the gambling industry; however UK Culture Secretary Maria Miller has asked the UK Gambling Commission to revise the proposed Code for Responsible Gambling and Player Protection, with a view to further strengthening player protection with regards to gambling products, both online and at retail level. …

Professor Mark Griffiths of Nottingham Trent University is a Chartered Psychologist and Director of the International Gaming Research Unit. He was the expert adviser on the ABB’s new Code of Conduct which hopes to reduce the chance of people getting into problems while player betting shop gaming machines. SBC:  What do you think is the key measure that bookmakers have …

The recent government  debate and increased media coverage regarding problem gambling, the  promotion and advertising of betting and gambling services and the expansion of UK betting shops has triggered the UK gambling industry to launch a code of conduct in order to tackle issues and concerns effecting the industry and its customers. As of March 1, the UK gambling commission …