Writer: Andrew Tottenham — Managing Director--Tottenham & Co
Tottenham Report: The devil’s shilling
Dan Waugh of Regulus Partners published an account on 2 October of his correspondence with the Gambling Commission about its Young People... more
Tottenham Report: The landlord’s predicament
In the mid 1990s, I was asked by a large U.S. gambling company what I knew about internet gambling. “Not much”, I replied. I was given an... more
Tottenham Report: The tell
Poker players have a word for the involuntary habit that gives away a weak hand: a “tell.” Boards have developed one too. Whenever a public... more
Tottenham Report: The scepticism discount
I was sitting in a focus group facility somewhere in northern Europe, watching a presentation about a proposed integrated resort. Anyone... more
Tottenham Report: CDC contributors weigh in on affordability checks
‘Financial Risk Assessments’ return to the fore by Hannah Gannagé-Stewart In another move that does anything but ingratiate itself with the... more
Tottenham Report: The importance of shaping the rules before they are fixed
There is a particular kind of institutional complacency that only reveals itself after the fact. The gambling industry is, in my... more
Tottenham Report: The wisdom of crowds and other expensive misconceptions
I wrote about prediction markets in these pages last October, when the discussion at G2E had reached a pitch I had not encountered in some... more
Tottenham Report: The regulator’s impossible choice
Online gambling regulators are in an invidious position, and I say that with some sympathy. Given my usual scepticism about the regulatory... more
Tottenham Report: Bitcoin meets the Gambling Commission
The UK Gambling Commission has opened a consultation on the use of cryptocurrencies in gambling, which is a rather neat illustration of how... more
Tottenham Report: Where the law draws the line (and looks away)
The Austrian Supreme Court’s recent decision on FIFA lootboxes is, in many ways, comfortingly familiar. Faced with the increasingly... more

