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UKGC confirms gambling on credit cards to be banned from April 2020

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  The Gambling Commission has announced a ban on gambling businesses allowing consumers in Great Britain to use credit cards to gamble. The ban, which comes into effect on 14 April, follows the Commission’s review of online gambling and the Government’s Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures. A public consultation was carried out between August and November…

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UK Gambling Commission to Ban Online Credit Card Bets

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  The UK Gambling Commission is preparing to ban bookmakers from taking credit card deposits for betting online, in the latest move to prevent the exploitation of vulnerable customers. It comes two years after charity groups such as GambleAware and Citizens Advice urged the government to implement the policy to protect people from sliding into…

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EGBA’s Views on New Spanish Gambling Regulations

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  The new governing parties in Spain have indicated that they intend to introduce new regulations for gambling, including additional consumer protection measures, stricter restrictions for gambling advertising and a review of taxation for online gambling. While it is too early to predict the specific measures that will be introduced, general policy commitments were outlined…

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Northern Ireland Launches Consultation on New Gambling Laws

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  The Department for Communities (DfC) in Northern Ireland has launched a public consultation on the new gambling laws. DfC said it is seeking views on “whether changes are now necessary to ensure Northern Ireland has a more flexible and modern licensing framework capable of responding to the many societal and technical changes which have…

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ASA Bans Betway Ad Featuring 20-year-old England Footballer Declan Rice

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  The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an ad by the gambling firm Betway for featuring footballer Declan Rice because he is under 25 years old. The video on the company’s YouTube account, seen in October, showed a car clamp prank being played on the England and West Ham star. A viewer complained that…

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Greek Government Submits Draft Gambling Legislation to European Commission

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  The Greek government has drafted new gambling legislation and submitted it to the European Commission for approval. The main difference in the potential new landscape is to subject online sports betting and other games to different licences. The latter will only cost €2 million, while sports wagering operations will require a €3 million investment.…

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