The UK government has confirmed a 25% increase in Gambling Commission licence fees, providing the regulator with greater long-term funding as it continues implementing reforms outlined in the 2023 Gambling White Paper. Published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the government’s response to its funding consultation concludes a review that ran between […]
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Europe’s online gambling industry has had its share of issues. Progress has been made in some areas, but as always emerging factors continue to crop up. Now it is entering a more difficult phase where the biggest issue is no longer growth, but whether regulators are pushing too much activity outside the licensed market. The […]
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English football’s relationship with gambling sponsorships has been a thorny issue in recent times. Now, it is facing renewed scrutiny after Entain formally urged the Independent Football Regulator to block Premier League clubs from partnering with unlicensed betting operators targeting UK consumers. The move adds pressure to an already controversial area of football finance as […]
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Britain’s bingo industry is on track for another period of regulatory pressure as the Gambling Commission prepares stricter enforcement measures aimed at gaming machines, illegal operators, and compliance standards across the wider land-based sector. The changes arrive while retail gambling businesses continue dealing with rising operational costs and concerns over future gambling tax increases, creating […]
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While the debate around UK gambling reform has focused heavily on tighter rules for licensed operators, a new warning from the Betting and Gaming Council shifts attention elsewhere. The bigger risk, it argues, may be the growing visibility of illegal gambling operators, whose advertising spend is climbing fast enough to challenge the licensed market itself. […]
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Artificial intelligence chatbots are drawing new scrutiny from regulators after tests showed they could recommend offshore online casinos that are not licensed to operate in the United Kingdom. The findings have triggered concern among policymakers and gambling harm specialists because the responses may direct users toward operators that fall outside the country’s regulated market. Under […]
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The possibility of cryptocurrency payments entering the UK’s regulated gambling market is beginning to draw attention from policymakers. Rather than responding to a formal proposal from operators, regulators are exploring the idea as part of a wider conversation about how digital assets may influence the future of online betting. The UK Gambling Commission has begun […]
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More than 20 members of the European Parliament have backed a proposal to introduce a coordinated EU-wide tax on online gambling operators, with revenues earmarked for education, addiction treatment, and consumer protection across the bloc. The amendment, put forward by Victor Negrescu, vice-president of the European Parliament and member of the Socialists and Democrats group, […]
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The UK’s regulatory landscape may be bracing for another shift as the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) moves to shore up the Gambling Commission’s dwindling finances. With the regulator’s reserves currently being eroded by inflation and the heavy lifting required to implement White Paper reforms, a new consultation has been launched to bridge […]
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The UK Gambling Commission has escalated its criticism of social media platforms, warning that illegal online casinos are using mainstream advertising channels to target British consumers with little resistance. What regulators once treated as a peripheral compliance issue is now being framed as a systemic failure, with Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, squarely […]
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