After around 4 years of waiting, the government’s white paper on gambling was finally released last week. It was welcomed by the industry, if only because it might finally provide some stability that would allow companies to make more concrete plans on how to do business going further. However, while many changes have indeed been…
Apparently they knew it was coming, but even so, opening the post to see a fine for £19.2 million staring back at you has got take the wind out of your sails. That’s what happened to William Hill this morning, who have now taken the crown from Entain as the bookie with the highest ever…
If you have read many of the other blog posts regarding fines and social responsibility failings on this website, you will have hopefully seen that I try to be quite understanding to operators who fall foul of the UKGC. They are often trying to keep up with ever changing, and sometimes vague rule changes, and…
Full disclosure from the start here, this blog post is a bit of fun. It does demonstrate how easy it is to fall foul of the very strict gambling regulations in this country, even unintentionally, but mostly, it’s just a chance to have a bit of a laugh at the regulator’s expense. Bookies are fined…
Rumours are floating around the industry about the potential sale of Irelands biggest independent bookmaker, Boylesports. Obviously at this point in time everything is still very hush hush, but Entain are reportedly an interested party. Entain themselves were the target of a failed take over bid by MGM last year, followed by another by DraftKings; but…
The UKGC are really on one at the moment aren’t they. Just a month after issuing a record breaking fine to gambling giant Entain, they have given the UK’s largest independent bookmaker, Betfred, a £2.9 million slap around the chops. The fine comes after examples were found of social responsibility failures, plus failings with anti…
