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BetMGM will become the new sponsor of Premier League Darts for 2024 after an agreement was announced on Thursday. BetMGM and the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) reached a deal for the operator to replace Cazoo as the new title sponsor of darts’ “biggest roadshow event”. With a total of £1m (€1.2m/$1.3m) in prize money available
UK MPs have called on the Premier League and other sports governing bodies to reduce the amount of gambling adverts visible in stadiums. Thursday’s report from the culture, media and sport (CMS) committee states the decrease in visible gambling promotion would help to “minimise children’s exposure to gambling advertising”. MPs have also recommended there should
GambleAware has announced the appointment of Andy Boucher, previously a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), as a new trustee. Boucher will join the GambleAware board and support the charity’s commissioning of best practice prevention, education, treatment and support services. GambleAware served the Great Britain gambling market. Boucher is a retired senior professional services partner and chartered
British, Irish and Japanese horse racing regulatory bodies have joined forces to create the Joint Cooperation Committee. The deal sees the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) and Horse Racing Ireland team up with the Japan Racing Association (JRA). The aims of the committee include promoting Japanese horses, while easing the travel of connections between the regions.
The Gambling Commission has announced a number of fresh consultations in relation to financial penalties. The hope is the consultations, lasting 13 weeks, will bring “greater clarity and transparency” to how penalties are calculated. The starting point for fines will be considered, as well as whether the penalties will be judged against the gross gambling
EBET and Btobet have launched legal challenges against Aspire Global, alleging a number of contractual breaches. Ebet’s legal challenge was filed in the Eighth District Court of Clark County, Nevada, while Btobet’s was filed in the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales. Aspire Global was acquired by NeoGames in 2022. The deal closed
The GB Gambling Commission has launched its second set of consultations on proposals from the Gambling Act review white paper. The second set of consultations will run for 12 weeks, implying a deadline of 21 February 2024. This second round will focus on five topics. Earlier this month, Tim Miller, executive director of research and
The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has urged British chancellor Jeremy Hunt to drop plans for a new gambling tax simplification measure, branding it as a ‘Trojan Horse’ to further raise taxes on businesses in the industry. During last week’s Autumn Statement, Hunt proposed bringing remote gambling under one tax. This would replace the current three-tax
Entain has reached a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) in principle with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) over historic activities in Turkey. Preliminary judicial approval was secured today (24 November) at the Royal Courts of Justice sitting as the Crown Court at Southwark. Entain will seek final judicial approval in court on 5 December. Terms of
The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has accused the UK government of a stealth tax raid on casinos, which it says could cost the industry £5m (€5.7m/$6.2m) per year. The claim relates to the freezing of gaming duty bands outlined in chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn statement. In a statement, the BGC said
