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The Latest Breaking News from the Gambling Commission

Revealed: gambling firms secretly sharing users’ data with Facebook without permission

Betting companies secretly track visitors to their sites before sending data to parent company Meta

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2025

Regulator makes ‘unpredecented’ blunder in legal battle over UK lottery

Gambling Commission accidentally hands over thousands of sensitive documents to Richard Desmond’s lawyers

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2025

Tote investing majority of own money in Placepot bet pools, claims punter

The Gambling Commission has been urged to investigate the extent to which the Tote is involved in its own product

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2025

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UK betting giants under fire for ads targeting at-risk gamblers

Judge condemns firm for use of customer’s data after problem gambler was sent 1,300 emails over two years

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2025

Racing’s ‘rural revolt’ should not be used in gambling checks battle

A highly politicised inheritance tax campaign is unlikely to add heft to the sport’s arguments over betting restrictions

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025

Everton shirt sponsor Stake under investigation over social media posts

The gambling company’s logo has been superimposed on disturbing images and the Advertising Standards Authority is assessing the posts

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2025

UK consumers warned over offers of money to open betting accounts in their names

Specialists raise alarm over companies such as Moneyful promoting ‘easy money’ in exchange for personal details

The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2025

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Richard Desmond set for court clash with regulator over National Lottery bid

Exclusive: Tycoon rejects settlement offer from Gambling Commission linked to failed bid to run UK lottery

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2024

Making sense of racing’s ‘£3bn black hole’ and affordability checks row

Accusations have been thrown by both sides in betting dispute but there may be hope for racing amid the noise

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2024

Finance fears overshadow racing as BHA’s chief executive search goes on

The sport’s list of both immediate and longer-term concerns is even more unsettling than when process started

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024

Widow of gambling addict lambasts watchdog’s failure to investigate suicides

Exclusive: Annie Ashton, whose husband killed himself, says more people will die because of Gambling Commission inaction

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2024

Proportion of children in Great Britain with gambling problem has doubled, data reveals

Gambling Commission figures show shock rise to 85,000 in number of young people suffering gambling harms

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2024

Gambling ads during Premier League opening weekend nearly triple, study shows

They said the findings highlight the explosion of gambling marketing and how the industry’s current self-regulation is failing

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2024

British gambling regulator prosecutes Sorare football game

Gambling Commission accuses $4.3bn business promoted by Premier League of providing unlicensed gambling

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2024

Gambling study says £2.7bn bet annually on hidden-market websites

Betting and Gaming Council estimates real figure could be £4.3bn – but enforcement is only ‘part of solution’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2024

Maximum £5 stake on digital slot machines comes into force

Change ends era of unlimited bets, with under-25s now limited to £2 bets and online operators firms carrying out affordability checks

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024

Met drops investigation into general election gambling allegations ‘as bar for misconduct not met’

The probe was launched after it emerged senior Tory officials and one of Rishi Sunak’s aides had placed bets shortly before the date of the election was announced

Evening Standard · Aug 23, 2024

Met Police close election date betting probe with no charges

The force said that “the high bar for Misconduct in Public Office to be proven was not met”

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024

Call to ban gambling sponsors from UK sport as hidden harms are revealed

Eleven Premier League teams start season with major bookmaker backing as industry watchdog report says stats can ‘mask’ scale of problem betting

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2024

Harm from problem gambling in Great Britain ‘may be eight times higher than thought’

Largest survey of its kind shows estimated 2.5% of adults have struggled with problem gambling

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2024

Fears grow over rise of ‘under the radar’ all-night slot machine halls in UK

Campaigners raise concern over risk of problem gambling as more than 300 24-hour sites spring up

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2024

A £53m gamble: billionaire’s company claims it was tricked into buying UK online betting firm that was worth ‘nil’

Internet betting tycoon Teddy Sagi’s multimillion-pound acquisition of a gaming firm now allegedly worth nothing is the subject of a court case involving heavily contested claims of fraud and physical threat

The National (Scotland) · Jul 1, 2024

Call for Alister Jack to face Lords investigation after election betting

ALISTER’S Jack suitability for a peerage must be investigated following recent revelations he gambled on the date of the General Election, an SNP…

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2024

Inside the betting scandal-hit constituencies where Tories and Labour have withdrawn support for candidates

The Tories and Labour both withdrew support for candidates being investigated by the Gambling Commission – The Independent speaks to local party supporters who had been campaigning for them, and to voters

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2024

Tory minister who placed three bets on election date in line for Sunak peerage

Scottish secretary Alister Jack under consideration for post-election dissolution honours

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