Location: United Kingdom

02/13/25 1:32 PM

Stake and Everton: How a porn star led to a Gambling Commission warning

  • Philip Buckingham and Patrick Boyland, The Athletic
Everton shirt sponsor Stake has left the UK market after the country’s Gambling Commission (GC) launched an investigation into the... more
02/13/25 1:27 PM

UK slot machine operator fined over cancer patient’s activity

  • Rob Davies, The Guardian
A high street slot machine operator has been fined almost £100,000 by the gambling regulator after the Guardian revealed how staff... more
02/13/25 12:26 PM

Explosion in black market gambling as unregulated betting site traffic surges 522 percent

  • Bill Barber, Racing Post
Figures showing a massive rise in visits by UK punters to unlicensed bookmakers offering horseracing demonstrate that the threat of the... more
02/12/25 3:02 PM

English Premier League clubs warned over promoting illegal gambling sites in Britain

  • CNA
Britain’s gambling regulator said on Wednesday it would write to three Premier League soccer clubs – Everton, Nottingham Forest... more
02/11/25 4:08 PM

British Horseracing Authority confirms passing of chairman

  • Ted Menmuir, SBC News
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has notified the racing community and its stakeholders of the death of Chairman Joe Saumarez Smith.... more
02/11/25 4:03 PM

British MP calls for tougher action to protect children from gambling risks

  • Alin Martin, Leiton Buzzard Observer
Local MP Alex Mayer has called for stronger action to protect children and young people from the growing risks of “gambling-like”... more
02/10/25 4:46 PM

Frictionless affordability checks pilot shows potential for ‘confusion’ – Gambling Commission

  • Bill Barber, Racing Post
Frictionless affordability checks have the potential to cause “confusion” as different credit reference agencies (CRAs) can... more
02/10/25 4:38 PM

Baroness Twycross visits Hippodrome to learn more about the UK casino sector

  • James Anderson, The Sun
This year marks the 125th anniversary of the iconic London venue, which first opened in January 1900 with a show starring Charlie Chaplin,... more
02/09/25 1:39 PM

Explainer: We didn’t click ‘consent’ on any gambling website. So how did Facebook know where we’d been?

  • Shanti Das, The Guardian
A Facebook user logs into their account and is bombarded with dozens of gambling ads. The promotions for online casinos and betting sites... more
02/09/25 1:33 PM

Superbet nets €1.3 billion funding backed by Blackstone to pursue Giant Status

  • Ted Menmuir, SBC News
Superbet has announced that it has reached terms to secure a €1.3bn refinancing agreement to accelerate its strategic expansion. Deal... more