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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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26 June 2023

White Paper Series: DCMS speaks at IAGA 40th Annual Gaming Summit in Belfast

On 21 June 2023, Ben Dean, Director of Sport and Gambling from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (“DCMS”)...

Harris Hagan

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21 June 2023

Evidence gaps and priorities 2023 to 2026

Alongside the Government’s anticipated work on evidence gaps identified in Public Health England’s review, the Gambling Commission unveiled its Evidence...

Ting Fung

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13 June 2023

White Paper Series: DCMS speaking at IAGA 40th Annual Gaming Summit in Belfast

We are very pleased to announce that Ben Dean, Director of Sport and Gambling, from the Department for Culture, Media...

Harris Hagan

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12 June 2023

Gambling Commission updates AML guidance

On 7 June 2023, the Gambling Commission published a further revision of the fifth edition of the prevention of money...

Adam Russell

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