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The Premier League and British Horseracing Authority (BHA) are among UK sporting bodies that have issued new “socially responsible” codes of conduct to protect minors and at risk gamblers. In football, the Premier League, English Football League (EFL), the FA and Women’s Super League have formally agreed to adopt a new code that covers gambling
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
EveryMatrix chief executive Ebbe Groes described the supplier’s acquisition of betting and igaming platform provider FSB Technology as its “most ambitious acquisition to date”, giving its OddsMatrix sportsbook division a foothold in the African, Irish and UK markets. FSB’s full end-to-end turnkey solutions, including its player account management software and horse racing products, will strengthen
Conquer Technology establishes gambling division to take on operator risks in small-scale tech innovation Former UK Tote product director and UK industry veteran Jamie Hart is seeking to streamline integration efforts for operators in his newly established role as head of gambling at UK technology consultancy Conquer Technology. Hart, who also spent time as an
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has announced that Julie Harrington will step down as CEO after four years in the role. Harrington’s tenure will officially wrap up at the end of 2024. She agreed to stay on until the end of the year to support the transition to a new CEO. During her time in
Welcome to the Weekend Report, where iGB updates you with the stories you may have missed over the last few days. On Thursday (6 June), the Rhode Island senate voted to increase the outstanding credit per player to $100,000 (£78,697/€92,973). The house is now expected to review the bill this week. The amended bill passed
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published its consultation response on land-based casino measures, which will lift the ban on the use of debit cards on gaming machines. The consultation response was published today (16 May). This forms part of the government’s smarter regulation programme of regulatory reform measures. The reform was
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
Almost half of UK university students who bet are spending more than they can afford to gamble according to new research from the Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM) and Gamstop. The third instalment of the report, first published in 2022, details the gambling behaviour of people studying at university. Censuswide carried out research on
During a parliamentary debate, Philip Davies MP branded the GB Gambling Commission and the UK government’s affordability checks proposals as “completely unacceptable”. The debate took place yesterday (26 February), after a petition on the matter registered by Jockey Club chief executive Nevin Truesdale reached the 100,000 signature-threshold in November. This is the amount of signatures
