There’s a white paper on the gambling industry due out soon, and its’ purpose is to update the 2005 Gambling Act to make it more fit for the modern day industry, as well as to strike a balance between better protecting the vulnerable and over regulating an already tightly governed industry. The Betting and Gaming…
A lot has been made in the news this week about a Tory MP being paid what amounts to a full year’s salary for some people, by the Betting and Gaming Council. Laurence Robertson, MP for Tewkesbury, works for 10 hours a month as the BGC’s parliamentary adviser on sport and safer gambling, so this…
The Betting and Gaming Council have made the official announcement, Safer Gambling Week will take place from the 1st to the 7th of November. The announcement comes at the same time as research showing that gambling harm could actually be being over-estimated by online surveys. Safer Gambling Week sees the industry come together, from betting…
With the country still in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic, more people than ever before are stuck at home with not a lot to do. It has been rightly pointed out that this could present an issue when it comes to boredom gambling and those with pre-existing gambling problems. I have to say, on…
