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The government review of the UK’s gambling laws appears unlikely to spring any surprises when it is finally published today, if an article in The Times written by the minister in charge today is anything to go by. One of the biggest changes is the imposition of stake limits for online slots for the first time, with younger players limited to …

BetMakers has secured an extension of its agreement with kwiff, a UK-based betting operator specialising in providing a ‘super-charged’ service. The company will continue to leverage the ASX-listed B2B betting solution group’s worldwide racing portfolio, covering over 250,000 races from more than 20 countries.  Additionally, kwiff will also integrate the BetMakers Price Manager System, utilising the solution in tandem with …

Kindred Group has a history of navigating regulatory changes across Europe, Group CEO Henrik Tjärnström informed investors in a webcast this morning, and remains confident in the face of impending reforms in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands. A very British future Answering a question from SBC following the group’s Q1 trading update, Tjärnström remarked that the upcoming UK White …

Penal reform organisation The Howard League has alerted stakeholders that the Commission on Crime and Gambling Related Harms (CCGRH) has published its final report, urging the government to undertake a new strategic approach to address crime linked to gambling in the UK.  Of significance, the Commission has called for a greater ‘centralised response’ from the Home Office and Ministry of …

FSB has announced a series of significant growth results which are linked to the Randox Grand National. The sports betting and iGaming supplier reported a 30% year-on-year increase in bet numbers as well as 29% growth on active players engaging with its partner community.  In detail, these numbers were supplemented by an 8% jump in turnover on the showcase race …

Following the news that Premier League has chosen to reduce the coverage of gambling sponsorships, the future of the links those betting brands have with top-flight teams remains unclear for now. Speaking to SBC News, Russell Yershon, Director of Connectingbrands.co.uk – a sports marketing services company – explained the impacts that the decision will have on the industry as we …

In his keynote speech at the Westminster Media Forum, the UK Gambling Commission’s (UKGC) Head of Policy, Ian Angus, gave the industry little indication of what to expect from the government’s upcoming gambling White Paper. This is, of course, likely because Angus himself has very little information on the Gambling Act review’s outcomes apart from what has been speculated in …

The Office of Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) report into gambling harm published earlier this year does not stand up to scrutiny, according to a critique by strategic advisory Regulus Partners. In its assessment of the study – which sought to calculate the societal costs of gambling – Regulus asserted that there was ‘inherent bias among some key authors’ of …

UK national online self-exclusion registry GAMSTOP has published its figures for March, revealing a record number of sign-ups for a single month. The service reported 8,504 registrations for March 2023, not only marking its ‘highest-ever’ monthly figure but also a year-on-year increase of 24% on 2022. GAMSTOP has earmarked the March betting activity generated by the Cheltenham Festival as a …

An Essex fraudster has been jailed for five years for his role in a scheme against bet365 which saw the bookmaker swindled of over £236,000 via the use of false identities and bonus abuse. Jon Howard played a leading part in the syndicate, which opened over 1,000 bet365 accounts using different aliases to avoid deposit restrictions and use the various …