Tag Archives: 2005 Gambling Review

January 2019 famously saw the introduction of the gambling advertising ban in Italy, with forecasts of the disaster that would befall the industry if similar prohibitions spread across Europe. The following year a new Royal Decree on Commercial Communications imposing strict limitations on gambling advertising in Spain was approved by the European Commission. Only the COVID-19 pandemic has delayed its …

Brigid Simmonds, Chairman of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), has welcomed the appointment of Marcus Boyle as the new Chair of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). The hiring of Boyle to oversee the UKGC as the government moves forward with its review of the 2005 Gambling Act – with a white paper on the issue due for release – …

Channel 4 will air tonight ‘Football’s Gambling Addiction’ (7:30-8:30 pm), an investigation of football’s current relationship with gambling brands, led by former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson. The documentary was commissioned last month by the terrestrial broadcaster, which had recruited the former minister and journalist to lead an investigation of football’s ‘intertwined relationship with betting and gambling operators’. In its …