William Hill CEO Ulrik Bengtsson has stood by today’s publication of the PWC report on black-market threats impacting the UK gambling sector.
Commissioned by the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) with the support of William Hill and Entain Plc – PWC’s industry report will be presented to DCMS as evidence in the department’s ongoing review of the 2005 Gambling Act.
Key findings detailed that customers using unlicensed betting websites had grown from 210,000 to 460,000 in a period of two years, with black-market wagering volumes doubling from £1.4 billion to £2.8 billion in 2020.
William Hill and Entain supported the findings, underlining that they were a critical response against the complacency and scepticism from anti-gambling campaigns to acknowledge black threats.
Issuing a statement, Bengtsson remarked that he shared the same view expressed by Gambling Commission chief executive Neil McArthur in his letter to the Gambling Related Harm All-Party Parliamentary Group.
