Western Europe

UKGC enforcement report – new guidance to help operators make gambling fairer, safer and crime-free

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The Gambling Commission has yesterday published a report into enforcement action it has taken against operators over the past year. The Enforcement report highlights the lessons it wants gambling businesses to learn from its investigations and provides guidance to them on anti-money laundering, customer interaction, self-exclusion, unfair terms and practices and marketing and advertising. Neil…

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Call in Germany for review of gambling regulation

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Georg Stecker, the chief executive of the Association of German Gaming Machine Manufacturers (Deutsche Automatenwirtschaft), has urged for a review of country’s gambling regulations. Analysing the present status of the industry at the Gaming Machine Industry Summit in Berlin, he called for a review of the present legislation on casinos, lottery and slot machines and…

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British legislatures demand stricter guidelines for gambling ad content

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A group of Britain’s Members of Parliament (MPs), cutting across political party lines, demanded that gambling companies should display the warnings of the harms and health issues surrounding gambling and betting in their advertisements – like what tobacco companies do in their ads. According to the MPs, gambling must be treated as a public health…

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Belgium’s Gambling Commission rules against loot boxes

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Kansspelcommissie, Belgium’s gaming commission ruled against a few video games and warned millionaire penalties if they’re not adjusted. The threatened operators face fines up to US$2 million if a number of popular video games are not adjusted. The Belgian Gaming Commission calls these loot boxes game of chance, and if these are further exploited, they…

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UK committee to introduce lottery changes

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The House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the UK has recommended changes in the country’s lottery system. The PAC in its latest report has pointed out that lottery profits allocated to good causes are failing. The committee blamed Camelot, the operator of the UK National Lottery, for its shortcomings. The report showed that…

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UKGC comes up with new guidelines on spending limits and age verification

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The United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) publicised new guidelines on spending limits and age verification as a part of making gambling safer in the UK.  Enhancing the speed and effectiveness of age verification processes, ensuring operators set limits on consumers’ spending until affordability checks have been conducted and protecting children by banning operators from providing free-to-play…

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