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Port Vale FC defender Mitch Clark has been given a suspended three-month ban and £600 fine for a betting violation. The League One player was hit with the enforcement action after an Independent Regulatory Commission ruled he’d breached the Football Association’s (FA) betting rules. Clark admitted placing 312 bets on football matches while playing for
The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has revealed OlyBet, the sports betting brand of Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG), as its latest member. OlyBet will feed into IBIA’s betting integrity monitoring and alert network, working alongside licensed operators from around the world. Active across the Baltic region, OlyBet joins almost 50 businesses and more than 120
Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the governing body for football in France, has issued sanctions to 35 players for breaching a ban on sports betting. The LFP’s disciplinary committee announced the sanctions after the players were ruled to have violated LFP and French Football Federation (FFF) regulations during the 2021-22 season. Both the LFP and FFF have
The International Gaming Standards Association (IGSA), said that its board of directors has approved the creation of a Responsible Gaming Committee. The IGSA said the committee will offer support for regulators and operators with a “multi-tiered framework” called the Responsible Gaming Maturity Model (RGMM). The standards organisation said that it hopes that this approach will
Safer gambling charity GamCare has announced that its chief executive Anna Hemmings has exited the charity after five years with the organisation. Hemmings led the charity through both the pandemic and the Gambling Act review and recently succeeded in obtaining new funding agreements. The safer gambling charity highlighted a number of accomplishments that Hemmings achieved
Brentford striker Ivan Toney’s initial 11-month ban from football was rounded down to an eight-month ban after he was was officially diagnosed with a gambling addiction, said the English Football Association (FA) today. This was revealed in a document published by the FA’s Regulatory Commission. The document contained the written reasons behind Toney’s ban. The
William Hill has announced that it will donate all profit it makes from Eurovision bets to relief efforts supporting displaced Ukrainians in the UK. The profit will be donated to the Support Ukraine initiative, which provides humanitarian aid to displaced Ukrainians living in the UK as well as their families abroad. The final donation total
L’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), France’s gambling regulator, has noted “little significant progress” in operator’s action plans to prevent problem gambling, ultimately rejecting six of them. ANJ examined action plans presented by 235 racetracks, 203 casinos and 7 gaming clubs. Six plans were rejected, belonging to five casinos and one gaming club. Under a legal
Parliamentary under secretary of state for sport, gambling and civil society Stuart Andrew confirmed that consultations on the provisions of the Gambling Act review would be completed in time for the 2024 general election. Andrew explained the more technical aspects of the white paper would be put to consultation to ensure the ministry is “following
The US National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) has announced new members to its advisory board, including new chair and vice chair. Christopher Herbert, J.D., director of the Gaming Division at the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office succeeds Stacy Shaw as chair of the advisory board. Herbert has acted as an assistant attorney general for more
