Tag Archives: Nick Arron

Finance risk checks: Providing perspective on White Paper’s affordability solution

Finance risk checks: Providing perspective on White Paper’s affordability solution

For the past two years, affordability checks have cast a long shadow over the UK gambling industry, with many stakeholders uneasy about the potential impact such measures could have. With the publication of the Gambling Act review White Paper last week came clarity on a number of issues, including affordability with the introduction of ‘finance risk checks’ for online gambling. …

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Poppleston Allen: Firms face ‘increasingly likely’ risk of full UKGC licence withdrawal

SBC News Poppleston Allen: Firms face ‘increasingly likely’ risk of full UKGC licence withdrawal

The UK betting industry was shaken by August’s £17m record financial penalty against Entain, for incidents pre-dating the group’s adoption of extensive social responsibility measures. Sharing his views with SBC News, Nick Arron, Lead Partner for law firm Poppleston Allen’s betting and gaming team, outlined how operators can navigate increasingly choppy regulatory waters as the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) makes …

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