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The industry prepares for a significant rise in responsible betting messaging both online and in land-based venues, as Safer Gambling Week gets in full swing for the eight consecutive year. The initiative is organised by the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), the Bingo Association, and BACTA, as well as with backing from the UKGC, with comments having poured in from …

UK gambling trade body Bacta and its managerial team received formal training from the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) regarding quarterly returns. Simon Bradbury, Justine Hillson, David Miller and John Salsbury – all led by Bacta’s Executive Director Robert Gibb – visited the UKGC’s head office in Birmingham where they met compliance specialists to help them with the procedure. Reporting switched …

Bacta, the UK amusement trade association, has named Declan Johnson as its new Public Affairs Advisor.  Johnson joins Bacta with an MSc in Policy and Politics from Birkbeck University and will report directly to George McGregor, Executive Director of Government Relations at Bacta.  McGregor added: “Following July’s General Election not only do we have a new Government but over 50% …

Bacta, a retail gaming trade association, has begun discussions with the new 335 MPs placed in power following the General Election. The organisation is working to map out constituency MPs for its member venues via a ‘deep-dive into the UK’s political terrain’. By doing so, Bacta hopes to strengthen the amusements industry’s relations with MPs and relevant parliamentary Committees. The …

Godden Gaming Organisation has urged fellow Bacta members to engage with their Prospective Parliamentary Candidates. In an interview for Coinslot, Jeremy Godden, Managing Director of the Godden Gaming Organisation, emphasised that it is important to “finish the job of modernising the country’s gambling regulations” ahead of a meeting with Polly Billington, the Labour Party candidate standing in East Thanet. “Given …

Industry trade body Bacta is today, 4 June, organising a member-focused webinar that will be themed around the upcoming General Election. The topic of discussion will be how they will impact the adoption of the reforms contained within the White Paper, as well as the best strategies for engaging with parliamentary candidates and driving support for the sector forward. Exactly …

Voices from the industry continue to pour down in support of yesterday’s DCMS response to the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) consultation on modernising land-based venues.  Part of the Gambling Review White Paper, the consultation seeks to clear up the fog around licenced businesses operating physical casinos in the UK caused by the mandatory compliance with two separate legislations – the …

The UK government will proceed to relax and revamp the rules related to operating gambling venues, with a view to improving customer safeguards, modernising competition, and keeping pace with wider consumer changes. DCMS has published its response to the consultation on ‘measures related to land-based gambling’ as proposed by the Gambling Review’s White Paper. Regulatory oversight of the White Paper’s …

Bacta utilised its latest meeting in Glasgow to address the potential ramifications of early elections on the industry. The organisation’s President John Bollom, Vice President Joseph Cullis, and Executive Directors George McGregor and Robert Gibb, reinforced their commitment to Bacta’s membership programme in front of an audience of its Scottish members. The trade body explained that early general elections will …

Bacta will look to strengthen its membership engagement commitment with the industry body’s next meeting in Glasgow on 2 May. The event will welcome Scotland-based members, and will be attended by Bacta’s National President John Bollom, Vice President Joseph Cullis and Executive Director George McGregor. This is part of the trade organisation’s restructure programme, and follows the recent National Council …