Western Europe

ASA Bans the Adverts of BetIndex and Coral

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  Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned the adverts from BetIndex and Coral for being socially irresponsible and encouraging potentially harmful behaviour. A BetIndex video on YouTube featured a representative of The Football Index product describing it as “basically the football stock market, where you buy and sell shares in footballers with real money and…

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UKGC: £1.8m fine for Silverbond Enterprises

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  A land-based casino has received a £1.8m fine, an operator licence warning and had additional conditions added to its licence for social responsibility and money laundering failings. Silverbond Enterprises Limited received the penalties following a Gambling Commission investigation into its Park Lane Club in Mayfair. Social responsibility failings included not recognising the indicators of…

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FA Imposes Fine of £50,000 on Huddersfield Town

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  The Football Association has imposed a fine of £50,000 on Huddersfield Town Association Football Club for an oversized sponsorship logo on their kit for pre-season match. In July, Huddersfield Town announced a deal with Paddy Power, apparently the operator’s first shirt sponsorship agreement in the UK. A kit purporting to be Huddersfield’s first team…

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Aspire Global Receives a Bingo License in the UK

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  Aspire Global has been granted a bingo-license by the UK Gambling Commission, enabling the company to increase market share in the UK by broadening the B2B-offering to additional fields within iGaming, in line with the long-term growth plan. The UK-license thus covers both casino, sports and bingo and is valid until further notice. Aspire…

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UKGC: Ladbrokes Coral Group to pay £5.9m for past failings in anti-money laundering and social responsibility

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  Systemic failings at the Ladbrokes Coral Group has led to a penalty package including a series of improvement measures that must be implemented by new owner GVC and a £5.9m payment, while further investigations into the actions of Personal Management Licence holders continue. An investigation by the Gambling Commission found between November 2014 and…

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UK Gambling Commission welcomes new Economic Crime Plan

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  The UK Government has published its new Economic Crime Plan, which sets out priority areas for combating economic crime, such as money laundering and terrorist financing. The new plan has been agreed between the Chancellor, the Home Secretary, major financial institutions, legal, accountancy and property organisations, and law enforcement, including the UK Gambling Commission.…

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