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Licensing Expert David Clifton reflects in his one-on-one interview with Gambling Commission CEO Andrew Rhodes at last month’s CasinoBeats Summit in Malta. Rhodes is the key stakeholder in how the Gambling Review’s White Paper will conclude on the unspecified policies of affordability, financial vulnerability, frictionless checks and more… In my last ‘Licensing Expert’ article for SBC News, I suggested that …

FUN88 has become Newcastle United‘s official Asian betting partner in a multi-year deal from the 2023/2024 season onwards. The gambling brand moves from the role of principal sponsor since the beginning of the 2017/18 campaign, having built strong ties with the Premier League club. The operator’s logo has featured prominently on the front of the Magpies’ kits and training wear …

Post Gambling Review, consensus points to UK Gambling needing to ‘reinvent itself’ to regain public and regulatory trust. A noble objective, yet compliance and integrity expert Bill South advises UK stakeholders to look back at 2010 and the collaborative success of the ‘Parry Report’.  So the much-anticipated gambling White Paper has, at last, arrived. Promising more detailed affordability checks, a …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands Gambling Authority, has issued an ‘urgent appeal’ to Dutch Minister for Legal Protections, Franc Weerwind, to amend the Remote Gambling Act (KOA) supervisory technicalities. Weerwind, who is currently charged with the evaluation of the Remote Gambling Act (KOA) in 2024, has been asked to modify the Law to allow KSA “to have access to false identity …

Rank Group Plc has confirmed the forthcoming appointment of Andrew Peat as the new Managing Director of its Interactive business. Peat, who is expected to assume the leadership role later this year, will join Rank’s executive management team from William Hill, where he most recently served as Sportsbook Director from 2018 to 2023. Before joining the betting and gaming industry, …

Janice Duncan has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Maltese online casino, Casumo. Duncan officially took on the new role in May after two-and-a-half years in the same position at UK-based gambling company Rank Interactive. Prior to this she spent around three years at William Hill, initially as head of business planning before becoming Director of Online Corporate Governance …

Regulatory reform has swept across Europe in recent years, with the UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, to name a few, embarking on reviews and introducing new rules. But how has this impacted business For Colin Stewart, CEO of Palasino Malta, the answer to this question at the CasinoBeats Summit in Malta was ‘not quite sure’. Zeroing in …

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has taken the first steps on the road to securing a ‘brighter and more prosperous future’ for the sport, Joe Saumarez Smith, Chair of the Board, has detailed. Following what has been described as ‘months of extensive consultation’, a significant development for British racing was made on Tuesday as the BHA Board voted unanimously for …

BoyleSports has announced that it has opened another UK-based shop – in Stevenage Old Town. The Ireland-founded group has explained how it is ‘enhancing the town centre’ with the betting brand, along with offers and customer facilities. Dan Robinson, Retail Machine Manager UK and NI at BoyleSports, said on LinkedIn: “This one is by far the best Betting Shop in …

GambleAware has updated its research on “British Women and Gambling” to spotlight unique drivers and circumstances that may lead to experiencing problem gambling or heightened risks.  Commissioned by GambleAware as the UK’s grant-making charity for research, education and treatment (RET) of problem gambling, the study was conducted by IFF Research and the University of Bristol, with advice from GamCare. The …