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UK’s ASA Issues New Guidelines for In-game Spending

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  The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has issued new guidelines for in-game spending. The new measures introduced last week have been brought in to make sure advertisements are more transparent for consumers. If you’ve ever been confused or mislead by the massive bundles of premium currency you get in games, or if you’ve been…

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Regulatory action against EU Lotto

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  A gambling business must pay a £760,000 fine and undergo extensive independent auditing after a Commission investigation revealed social responsibility and money laundering failures. EU Lotto – which operates the lottoland.co.uk website – has also received a formal warning for the failures which occurred between October 2019 and November 2020. Social responsibility requirement failures…

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UKGC Responds to Independent Inquiry into BetIndex

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  The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has announced that it will make changes to the way it regulates innovative digital gambling products. The announcement follows publication of the Independent Review of the Regulation of BetIndex Limited. The Review highlighted areas where the approach of both the Commission and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) could be…

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Parliamentary Group Launches Inquiry into Conduct of UK Gambling Commission

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  The Parliamentary All Party Betting & Gaming Group has decided that for the year 2021/2022 it shall focus some of its time undertaking an investigation into the competence and effectiveness of the regulator of British gambling, the Gambling Commission. ​The Gambling Commission was widely criticised in a number of reports published in 2020 by…

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UK Gambling Commission Wins IAGR Regulatory Excellence Award

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  The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has won the Regulatory Excellence award in IAGR’s inaugural International Regulatory Awards. The Gambling Commission got the award for their wide-scale collaboration with the industry on three areas of concern, leading to a fast track of consumer protection changes. Those areas were: incentives for High-Value Customers, or VIP schemes…

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UKGC Executive Director Tim Miller Issues Fresh Warning to Industry

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  Tim Miller, Executive Director of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), has delivered a warning to industry leaders at a recent speech. In his keynote address entitled “New normal, higher expectations” at the Know Now 2021 conference, Miller claimed the UKGC has risen to the hardships of pandemic life. He began by outlining the Commission’s…

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