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 …
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Bacta praises ‘powerful agency’ Ygam for safer gambling efforts
Bacta President John Bollom has expressed the trade association’s admiration and congratulations to Ygam. The safer gambling charity was founded by Lee Willows and uses education as a tool to raise awareness and help safeguard against gaming and gambling harms. The news comes as the charity celebrates its 10th year. Bolllom noted Ygam was established by Lee Willows, with Anne …
Read More »Bacta & Bingo Association to produce new safer gambling recommendations
Bacta’s Technical Standards Group has announced that it will be working in partnership with colleagues from the Bingo Association’s Gaming Machine Working Group. Headed by MERKUR UK’s Alan Claypole, the new mission is to produce a set of industry recommendations on enhancements to existing regulations which will enable the machines sector to remain ‘competitive’ and uphold the ‘highest standards of …
Read More »Bacta relocates April National Council from London to Leeds
Bacta has confirmed that it’s moving its 21 April National Council meeting from London to Leeds with members invited to meet with the Council over lunch and participate in an informal Open Forum. Bacta will hold its next National Council meeting on 21 April in Leeds instead of London, the industry body confirmed to stakeholders. This comes as part of …
Read More »Bacta asks members to help with campaigning for better industry terms
UK’s amusement and gaming machine trade body Bacta has made a push to gain more leverage in industry decision making with the launch of its new census. The census itself consists of a survey sent out to Bacta members, with the answers aimed to inform the organisation’s lobbying campaign to push for control over the stake and prize review, as …
Read More »Bacta urges DCMS to increase Gaming Machine stake and prizes
Bacta has stated that it has ‘fired the starting gun’ on its engagement with DCMS in the interest of UK amusement and gaming machine industry stakeholders. The trade body has issued an ‘evidence-based’ response to DCMS with regards to increasing the maximum stake and prizes offered by gaming machines in UK adult entertainment venues. Writing to DCMS Secretary of State, …
Read More »Bacta elects new National Council for better representation
UK gaming and amusement trade body Bacta has completed its strategic reorganisation, announcing the members elected to its new National Council. The National Council, revamped as part of a ‘head-to-toe restructure’ of Bacta, will be led by amusement and gaming machine veteran John Bollom as National President, and Scottish representative Joseph Cullis as Vice-President. Representing gaming machine manufacturers and distributors, …
Read More »A ‘fresh chapter’ for bacta as John Bollom returns as National President
The British Amusement Catering Trade Association (bacta) has announced that a total of 45 members have been elected to take-up positions in the group’s newly announced streamlined structure. A ‘respected industry personality’, John Bollom has been voted National President, meanwhile Joseph Cullis, Owner of Scottish operating company Windmill Leisure, has been named Vice-President – both under two-year terms. Described as …
Read More »Bacta appoints John Bollom as interim VP to finish governance review
Bacta – The British Amusement Catering Trade Association has announced the appointment of John Bollom as Vice President on an interim basis. Bollom, the current Managing Director of the Swansea-based Mumbles Entertainment Pier, will succeed incumbent VP Trevor Sutton, who has stepped down from the trade body to focus on external commitments. Replacing Sutton – Bollom has been tasked with …
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