Review of unlicensed online gambling in the UK’ report was published by the Betting and Gaming Council on 4 February. This was three weeks after the Chief Executive of the Gambling Commission had written to Carolyn Harris commenting: “We know that licensed operators and their trade bodies are concerned about the impact of the illegal market, but our own evidence suggests that the impact may be being exaggerated”.
That comment surely needs to be reconsidered in the context of survey findings in the PwC report that found the proportion of UK online gamblers using an unlicensed operator has more than doubled from 2.2% to 4.5% in the last 1-2 years, equating to an increase from about 210,000 players in 2018-19 to about 460,000 in 2020. It also found that the share of online stakes with unlicensed operators had almost doubled from 1.2% in 2018/19 to 2.3%, corresponding to a doubling of stakes with unlicensed online operators from £1.4 billion to £2.8 billion.
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A gambling support group set up by reforming addicts and ‘affected others’ is set to branch out into Cumbria. The volunteer-led Gambling Harms North West Alliance (GHNWA) is a ‘one-stop shop’ for compulsive gamblers which chairman Terry Kilgariff says provides speedy access to services. “That might be financial advice or support,” he said. “It might be counselling; in other words, mental health support. “It might be legal advice and support, because people might be just about to be thrown out of their houses.” And the group, which is currently primarily based in the Lancashire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester areas, is looking to expand and reach more people through a pilot scheme across the North West and the South West.
Crucial Compliance deepens player protections with monitoring system Share
Gibraltar-based safer gambling consultancy,
Crucial Compliance, is enhancing player protection through the launch of its behavioural-based monitoring system for player protection.
Crucial Player Protection (CPP) is designed to enable gaming companies to traverse regulation and build a safer gambling environment in one package.
Uniting player behaviour monitoring through advanced modelling, including full suite player management, the launch seeks to provide tools to provide compliance teams with the information to manage and interact with players at scale.
Paul Foster, CEO at Crucial, said: “We see a shift in the global gambling industry towards a more sustainable way of conducting business. Player protection is no longer a ‘nice to have’ but an essential part of any business model. With regulators often retrospectively changing their expectations, it is important that operators have an easy sol
NEW online gambling laws come into force from October 31 – here is what is changing. The clampdown comes as part of a wider review that has been brought into sharper focus by rises in online gambling during the Covid-19 pandemic. Gambling Commission data shows lockdowns have led to a surge in uptake of online gambling platforms. The platforms had been growing anyway with a rise of 25 per cent to 2.61 million players in March 2020 compared to the year before. It also showed a rise in the number of gambling sessions that lasted more than an hour once the first lockdown kicked in, rising from 1.92 million in March to 2.27 million in April.
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