Traditionally, the Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) have relied on “limited, labour-intensive manual searches and complaints from the public” to monitor...
The UK Government recently published the response to its Online Advertising Programme (“OAP”) consultation, which will have consequences for gambling...
Alongside the Government’s anticipated work on evidence gaps identified in Public Health England’s review, the Gambling Commission unveiled its Evidence...
The Gambling Commission (the “Commission”) is currently consulting (the “Consultation”) on the proposed Customer Interaction – Guidance for remote operators...
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Committee (“DCMS”) Committee is examining the Government’s approach to gambling regulation, including...
The Gambling Commission (the “Commission”) is currently consulting (the “Consultation”) on the proposed Customer Interaction – Guidance for remote operators...
On 20 September 2022, the Gambling Commission formally awarded the Fourth National Lottery Licence (“Licence”) to Allwyn Entertainment UK (“Allwyn”),...
Readers may recall the three articles we have previously written analysing the Gambling Commission’s (the “Commission”) covert operation to introduce...
On 17 November 2021, the Gambling Commission launched a consultation proposing changes to its Licensing, compliance and enforcement policy (the “Consultation”), including...
This article was co-authored by Tom Orpin-Massey from QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers. Introduction Personal management licences (“PMLs”) issued by the...
Following the closure of the Gambling Commission’s (the “Commission”) consultation Remote customer interaction – Consultation and Call for Evidence (the...
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (“DCMS”) has launched a consultation which proposes significant increases to Gambling Commission...
The Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) has recently published guidance on advertising gambling amid lockdown, the marketing of eSports on social...
Introduction The Gambling Commission’s recently published purported “guidance” for online operators (“New Guidance”), issued under social responsibility code provision 3.4.1...
GAMSTOP is a multi-operator self-exclusion scheme which enables players to restrict their online gambling by self-excluding from online operators with...
Following the recent cancellation of almost all sporting events, and with future cancellations and postponements looking inevitable, licensees may be...
The Betting and Gaming Council (“BGC”), the single industry group which represents British-licensed gambling operators, has called for the Government...
All online gambling businesses providing facilities for gambling have remote gambling equipment, known as “key equipment”. This is recorded in Schedule...
Bahar Alaeddini named an Emerging Leader of Gaming 40 under 40
DCMS publishes correction to online slots consultation
DCMS Committee inquiry on gambling regulation
Julian Harris wins VIXIO’s 2023 Compliance Lifetime Achievement Award
Gambling Commission establishes Industry Forum
White Paper Series: Regulatory Panel changes – Fair or unfair?
White Paper Series: Defining the Future VIXIO Webinar
Gambling Commission sets its sights on late regulatory returns and incorrect fee categories
Advertise with caution: ASA shine AI-fuelled torch on foul play
Gambling Commission publishes new remote customer interaction guidance
White Paper Series: Time to think – Gambling Commission consultation on land-based age verification measures
Online Advertising Programme Consultation: Impacts for the gambling industry
White Paper Series: Gambling Commission’s remote game design proposals – simply following suit?
White Paper Series: Give your two pounds’ worth on DCMS’ consultation for online slots stake limits
White Paper Series: Transforming corporate culture by “driving personal accountability and responsibility” for lookers-on seeing most of the game?
White Paper Series: Direct marketing and cross-selling in the crossfire
Source of funding: A glimmer of hope on the horizon?
White Paper Series: Cryptoassets
White Paper Series: DCMS and the Gambling Commission launch public consultations
White Paper Series: Update from the Gambling Commission
HM Treasury consultation: Reform of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing supervisory regime
White Paper Series: Gambling sponsorship of sport – a modern endemic or just the weapon du jour in political warfare?
White Paper Series: The Gambling Commission’s powers – more to come?
White Paper Series: Low(er) stakes gambling in the high stakes White Paper
White Paper Series: Cashless payments – finally bringing the land-based sector into the digital age?
Judgement by the company you keep: Licensees’ responsibilities for third parties
Match or no match: the million-pound question for the High Court
White Paper Series: DCMS speaks at IAGA 40th Annual Gaming Summit in Belfast
Evidence gaps and priorities 2023 to 2026
White Paper Series: DCMS speaking at IAGA 40th Annual Gaming Summit in Belfast
Gambling Commission updates AML guidance
White Paper Series: Gambling Ombudsman – a new approach to consumer redress
White Paper Series: “Hurry up and wait”
Summary of first-ever inquiry into crime linked to gambling
International Association of Gaming Advisors’ 40th Annual Gaming Summit hosted in Belfast
White Paper Series: The End of the Beginning VIXIO Webinar
Reporting of Deaths by Suicide: consequence and practical implementation
Gambling Commission Advice to Government
Long-Awaited Gambling White Paper Published
Getting it right: how to comply with the “strong appeal” test when using sports personalities to advertise sports betting
The Gambling Commission’s consultation on proposed changes to the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice
ICE World Regulatory Briefing 2023: Speeches from Gambling Commission senior executives
The time for reflection?
Is in-play betting really an ‘indicator of harm’?
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Committee Call for Evidence on Gambling Regulation
Proposed Customer Interaction Guidance: The problems with common sense by decree
Chambers Gaming Law 2022 Global Practice Guide
Where is the harm? Implications of regulatory revisionism for customer interactions
Putting the Customer First: Why all licensees should the take the Consultation on Customer Interaction Guidance seriously
Andrew Rhodes’ speech at the CEO Briefing 2022: Turning over a new leaf?
Gambling Commission annual report 2021-2022
Licensing, compliance and enforcement policy statement: Gambling Commission consultation response – the “under the radar” compliance and enforcement changes you may not (yet) have noticed – Part 2
Licensing, compliance and enforcement policy statement: Gambling Commission consultation response – the “under the radar” licensing changes you may not (yet) have noticed – Part 1
The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide 2022 – Gambling Law
Recap on the Fourth National Lottery Licence Competition
Gambling Commission Special Measures: Trick? or Treat?
Changes to the way Licensing works at the Commission
The Gambling Commission’s Checklist for Licensees on Good Practice Complaints Handling
New remote customer interaction requirements take effect…in part
Customer interaction guidance for remote gambling licensees (formal guidance under SR Code 3.4.3)
The Affordability Debate (4): The Commission Unmasked
Lexology – Getting the Deal Through, Gaming 2022
Change of Corporate Control Reminder
Chambers Global 2022 – Four Lawyers Ranked
The Gambling Commission’s emerging money laundering and terrorist financing risks – 10 February 2022 update
Chambers Gaming Law 2021 Global Practice Guide now available for download
Gambling Commission Compliance and Enforcement Report 2020-2021
Gambling Commission consultation on the Licensing compliance and enforcement policy statement: Proposed changes to compliance and enforcement
Gambling Commission consultation on the Licensing, compliance and enforcement policy statement: Proposed changes to licensing
Chambers Gaming Law 2021 Global Practice Guide
Harris Hagan retains Band 1 ranking in Chambers and Partners
Update on the Commission’s Regulatory Panel Reform Consultation
Consultation response: Gambling Commission fees to increase from 1 October 2021
Update on the Remote Customer Interaction Consultation
The Personal Management Licence regime: An impossible tightrope?
The Affordability Debate (3): Regulating beyond its means?
The Affordability Debate (2): Ambiguous Regulatory Requirements
Gambling Commission Consultation Response on Online Slots Game Design and Reverse Withdrawals
DCMS consults on significant increases to Gambling Commission fees
Changes of Corporate Control: The Basics
Chambers Global 2021 – Four Lawyers Ranked
The Affordability Debate: Protection, Responsibility and the Right to Choose
Covid-19: Gambling Commission reminder to online operators
Chambers Gaming Law 2020 Global Practice Guide
Gambling Commission – AML Guidance Update and Advice
The Gambling Commission’s First National Strategic Assessment
Gambling Commission Compliance and Enforcement Report 2019-2020
Harris Hagan retains Band 1 ranking in Chambers and Partners
Betting and Gaming Council Announces Game Design Code of Conduct
Gambling Industry Code for Socially Responsible Advertising, Sixth Edition
KnowNow Digital Conference: Responsible Marketing for Gambling Operators 2020
Gamcare releases first of its kind financial harms toolkit
Harris Hagan retains Tier 1 ranking in The Legal 500
“On your marks, get set…” – Fourth National Lottery Competition
Gambling Commission Consultation Response on Display of Licensed Status
Thomson Reuters Practical Law: Gaming Global Guide 2020
Consultation Response on Changes to Information Requirements
Consultation Response on Changes to Information Requirements – AML/CTF
Gambling Commission Consultation on High Value Customers
Gambling Commission Consultation on Online Slots Game Design and Reverse Withdrawals
Gambling Commission Creates Interim Experts by Experience Group
Gambling Commission Consultation on Regulatory Panel Reforms – Our Response
Preserving the Value of Regulatory Assets in a Restructure
Gambling updates from the Advertising Standards Authority; lockdown, eSports and children’s exposure to gambling adverts
Changes to the Gambling Commission’s Regulatory Panel Procedure Rules
Changes to the Gambling Commission’s Regulatory Panel
New Gambling Commission Guidance for Online Operators: Changing the Basis of Regulation?
New Gambling Commission Guidance for Online Operators
Remain Vigilant to Ensure AML Compliance
Gambling Commission Response on Remote Key Equipment Changes
Keeping Affiliates in Line: “No Fudging”
New Gambling Commission Commissioners
Betting and Gaming Council Announces Safer Gambling Strategy
Vlog on Gambling Commission Licences
Gambling Commission Business Plan 2020-2021
Welcome To Harris Hagan’s Vlog
GAMSTOP, Prophet and Sportito – A Cautionary Tale
Consultation on LCCP Information Requirements, Regulatory Returns and Industry Statistics
Banks Tackling Gambling-Related Harm
No Love in the Time of Coronavirus
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
Update on Gambling Commission Industry Working Groups
Productivity in This Time of Crisis
PMLs: Maintenance or Renewal?
Government Help for Gambling Businesses
Betting Without Sports & Product Diversification
The Gambling Commission’s Response to the Coronavirus Crisis
Four Lawyers Ranked in Chambers Global 2020
Betting and Gaming Council Call for Crackdown on Black Market
Changing Mindsets
Gambling Commission Consults on Remote Key Equipment Changes
Advice to the Gambling Commission on Actions to Reduce Online Harms
NHS Concerns Over Gambling
Raising Standards: Gambling Commission Working Groups
New Year, New LCCP: RET Payments
The Gambling Act 2005: “Analogue Legislation in a Digital Age”
John Hagan’s Interview @ G2E 2019