After 15 years with the commission but less than three in his current role, the chief executive officer of the UK Gambling Commission, Neil McArthur, has announced he will be leaving his role. His resignation is with immediate effect and it is not understood to have been expected. However, it has been stressed that this…
It’s every bettors worst nightmare for their online bookie to collapse while a large amount of money is still held in the account. The uncertainty and stress while waiting for news must be unbearable. This is why its never adviseable to leave large sums of money in betting accounts for any longer than necessary; but…
When Michael Dugher, the chief exec of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), warned the government they risked “sleep walking into a black market disaster” if regulations were tightened too severely, it created quite a stir. Anti gambling campaigners accused him of exaggerating the risk posed by black market gambling websites in order to influence…
The UKGC seem to be dishing out multi-million pound fines as often as Boris Johnson changes the rules of lockdown. Boylesport are the latest to be found lacking and will have to pay for their lacklustre anti money laundering procedures to the tune of £2.8 million – just what they need after such a miserable…
Back in August I wrote about a potential £100 monthly betting limit that had been tabled by a cross party think tank called the Social Market Foundation. This figure was partly based on a report by Dr James Noyes, and the idea seems to have been adapted somewhat by the UKGC and turned into a…
The Gambling Commission has faced a lot of criticism over the last few years, with many people questioning their effectiveness and their ability to regulate the industry. This has not necessarily been about incompetence; it is widely recognised that the UKGC is under funded and under staffed for what is expected of it. Yet despite…
