Everything you need to know about the UK gambling and casino landscape.
A ban on gambling-related transactions made by credit card will come into force in Ireland by the end of this year, as well as a pre-watershed ‘whistle-to-whistle’ ban on advertising shown during sports matches.
Games like Pokémon and Super Mario would have to be rated 18+ if they were re-released in Europe today as a result of changes to regulatory standards.
A report by researchers at the University of Bristol has revealed that licensed gambling premises are 10 times more likely to be found in deprived areas than in affluent ones.
People around the world show a marked preference for online gambling over in-person gambling, according to a YouGov survey.
Video game streaming site Twitch has implemented new rules that prevents gambling streamers from linking to online casinos, or including referral codes anywhere on their channels.
Online casino site RoyalBet has announced that it will be shutting up shop by the end of the month.
Gambling brand The Sun Play has been shut down after its operator’s licence was suspended by the Gambling Commission earlier this year.
The governing body for football in Italy has appealed to the government to lift a ban on gambling advertising in the sport in order to help the country recover from the massive economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic.