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27 July 2023

White Paper Series: Cryptoassets

Adopting the term cryptoassets as opposed to cryptocurrencies, the White Paper devotes little time to the fast growing consumer demand...

Hilary Stewart-Jones

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26 July 2023

White Paper Series: DCMS and the Gambling Commission launch public consultations

On 26 July 2023, the Gambling Commission and DCMS both launched the first three public consultations concerning proposals contained in...

Adam Russell

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11 July 2023

White Paper Series: Update from the Gambling Commission

On 7 July 2023, Tim Miller, Executive Director of Research and Policy at the Gambling Commission, published an update on...

Jessica Wilson

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11 July 2023

HM Treasury consultation: Reform of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing supervisory regime

On 30 June 2023, HM Treasury published its consultation on reform of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing supervisory system...

Chris Biggs

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5 July 2023

White Paper Series: Gambling sponsorship of sport – a modern endemic or just the weapon du jour in political warfare?

Twenty years after the first partnership between a Premier League football team and a gambling company, the Premier League clubs...

Chris Biggs

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4 July 2023

White Paper Series: The Gambling Commission’s powers – more to come?

As all stakeholders seek to get to grips with the White Paper and their focus is drawn to its high-profile...

David Whyte

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3 July 2023

White Paper Series: Low(er) stakes gambling in the high stakes White Paper

An objective of the review of the Gambling Act 2005 was to protect players from the risk of harm, and...

Francesca Burnett-Hall

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3 July 2023

White Paper Series: Cashless payments – finally bringing the land-based sector into the digital age?

In the year ending March 2021, nearly £910 million was generated from gaming machines in Great Britain (excluding those located...

Bahar Alaeddini

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30 June 2023

Judgement by the company you keep: Licensees’ responsibilities for third parties

On 19 June 2023, the Gambling Commission released its new hub addressing licensees’ responsibilities for third parties (the “Hub”). In...

Chris Biggs

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30 June 2023

Match or no match: the million-pound question for the High Court

The High Court’s decision to dismiss an application for summary judgment in Parker-Grennan v Camelot UK Lotteries Ltd EWHC 800...

Gemma Boore

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