South Wales’ Tarian Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) has collaborated with the UKGC, HMRC and Cardiff City Council Licensing to issue seven warrants across Cardiff on reports of an illegal gambling den in Splott. The warrants, issued on 28 February, saw the arrest of two males on suspicion of money laundering and breaches of the gambling act. After conducting a …
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Spelinspektionen & UKGC deepen market intelligence collaboration
Swedish gambling authority Spelinspektionen‘s industry seminar held at the Vasateatern in Stockholm has concluded with a renewed collaboration between Sweden and the UK. Continuing their partnership which was first instigated in November 2019, Spelinspektionen and the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) will maintain a close partnership for the exchange of information between the authorities. The renewal was co-signed by UKGC’s Deputy …
Read More »GambleAware: West Midlands at 25% higher risk of problem gambling than rest of UK
GambleAware’s latest research into problematic gambling behaviours found that the West Midlands is the region most exposed to gambling harms. The safer gambling body’s report shows that “as 168,000 adults in the West Midlands are experiencing ‘problem gambling” – indexed at a total of 3.9% of the local population which is 25% higher than the national average. The data comes …
Read More »BetComply launches tool to help navigate shifting Netherlands compliance landscape
Regulatory compliance specialist BetComply has introduced a tool that combines self-assessment with auditing services for licence holders in the Netherlands. The ‘ComplyCheck’ solution, powered by SG Certified, offers a set of questions that can be completed by operators with the relevant evidence before submitting it to the BetComply team for review. BetComply then analyses the information with the help of …
Read More »Weerwind eyes new gambling harm institute to enhance Dutch player protection
Franc Weerwind, Legal Protection Minister of the Netherlands, has informed the President of the House of Representatives about his intentions going forward in regards to the upcoming evaluation of the country’s Remote Gambling Act (KOA) taking place in October. The letter to Martin Bosma is a follow up to Weerwind’s previous alert on failing player protection measures of the Remote …
Read More »bwise Media AG begins offering content creation services globally
What if you come to know that social media began on May 24th, 1844? Yes, you read that right! When Samuel Morse sent the first electronic message in the form of dots & dashes, he inadvertently opened a portal to the future; sowing seeds for digital communication. While social media has since grown by leaps and bounds, a lot of …
Read More »Betclic promotes equality in Portuguese basketball sponsorship
Betclic has entered an agreement to provide The Portuguese Women’s Basketball League the same sponsorship pay as the men’s competition. Over the next three years, the partnership will see an investment of €3 million for both competitions, which comes from a partnership protocol signed between the Portuguese Basketball Federation and Betclic Portugal. Pureza Sousa, Betclic’s Portugal Country Manager, commented: “It’s …
Read More »UK football clubs warned against gambling adverts on social media
UK football clubs have received a letter from a group of ‘50 former gambling addicts’, warning of the dangers of promoting betting websites through their social media channels. A total of 11 clubs across the Premier League, English Football League (EFL) and Scottish Premiership were subject to a letter which informed how addicts might feel ‘distressed’ to see links to …
Read More »SBC Digital Summit: Stamping out corruption as lesser leagues take centre stage
Sports betting integrity has become even more prominent as smaller leagues, such as the Belarusian Premier League, receive high scale attention due to the limitation of live-sports. However, in order to prevent these small scale tournaments from being susceptible to match fixing Andrew Ashenden, Chief Commercial Officer at Stats Perform, has called for every sector in the industry to work …
Read More »Elliott Robinson: Exceeding Expectations in 2019
Wager, the peer-to-peer betting start-up that launched in August, is the latest incumbent attempting to overcome the industry’s ‘social wagering conundrum’. Introduced in conjunction with the kick off of the 2019/20 Premier League season, Wager has since seen some development in its short lifespan including the introduction of a marketing campaign, specialised markets, head-to-head profiles and referral schemes. With Wager’s …
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