Gambling Clear News
Great Britain’s leading gambling operators surpassed the £100m pledged in 2020 to tackle gambling harms, new figures from the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) show. In June 2020, the Betting and Gaming Council’s (BGC) five largest members pledged £100m in donations to support research, education and treatment of gambling-related harms. While they originally intended to donate
Sweden’s Svenska Spel has announced that it is to begin reporting the proportion of revenue it generates from customers with a lower risk of gambling problems. Figures will be published for the first time at the end of August, covering the second quarter at Svenska Spel. The operator will then include this revenue information as
Research commissioned by GambleAware has found that children are being drawn in by “bright, loud and eye-catching” gambling ads, particularly more vulnerable children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Part of this has to do with the “grey area” between gambling and gambling-like gaming, according to the research. The research aimed to investigate three
Senator Jorge Kajuru has requested Brazil’s federal police to investigate John Textor, the owner of football club Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, after Textor made match-fixing allegations against the São Paulo and Palmeiras football teams. Kajuru – a senator for the Brazilian state of Goiás – confirmed the report during a senate plenary meeting yesterday
