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‘I don’t want what happened to my husband happening to anyone else’: the widow campaigning for gambling law reform

It was only after Annie Ashton’s husband Luke took his own life that she realised he had been gambling in secret – sometimes up to 100 times a day on his phone. She wants urgent changes to the way the betting industry operates

The Guardian - UK

National Lottery firm fined after players are incorrectly told they had losing tickets

Up to 20,000 customers are said to have been impacted by the massive blunder.

Daily Record

Gambling addiction could be nine times higher than industry claims

Landmark study finds 1.4m being harmed and 1.5m at risk as government readies to unveil reform

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Thousands of lottery winners told they had lost in major blunder

National Lottery operator, Camelot, has been fined £3.15million after 20,000 people were told their winning tickets had actually lost

Daily Mirror

National Lottery operator Camelot fined £3.15 million for giving incorrect results

The Gambling Commission has fined the lottery operator after people were accidentally told they did not have winning tickets

Evening Standard

National Lottery operator Camelot fined £3.15m for three app failures

The fine follows errors, which affected tens of thousands of players, on Camelot’s mobile app.

The Independent UK

Billionaire with Russian links wins deal to operate Britain's National Lottery

The Gambling Commission has chosen Allwyn, owned by Czech tycoon Karel Komarek, as its 'preferred bidder' to operate the National Lottery licence from 2024. The decision is a blow to Camelot

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Camelot loses licence to run National Lottery after 28 years

A fiercely contested bidding process has been under way between four parties to win the licence

Liverpool Echo

National Lottery set for major change as Camelot loses licence for draw

The draw will be transferred to a rival company after being operated by Camelot for more than 30 years.

Daily Record

Camelot set to lose licence for National Lottery after 30 years

Allwyn is now the preferred applicant to take over the venture in 2024

Birmingham Post

Camelot to lose licence to run UK national lottery after 28 years

Gambling Commission names rival Allwyn as its preferred applicant to take over licence

The Guardian - UK

Camelot set to lose licence to run National Lottery after 28 years

Gambling Commission names rival Allwyn Entertainment as preferred applicant to take on venture - but questions emerge over firm’s links to the Kremlin

The Independent UK

Camelot set to be stripped of licence to run National Lottery after 28 years

The Gambling Commission has today named European rival Allwyn Entertainment as its "preferred applicant" to take on the National Lottery after 28 years under Camelot control

Daily Mirror

Betting firm 888 fined £9.4m after customers lost thousands in pandemic

Gambling Commission warns online firm’s licence in doubt after it failed to ensure people could afford bets

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The Independent UK

Online gambling business 888 fined £9.4m

The fine – one of the Gambling Commission’s largest to date – follows social responsibility and money laundering failings.

Daily Mirror

Betting firm fined £3.8million for letting NHS nurse gamble £245,000 life savings

A Maltese company which runs online casinos has been slapped with a massive fine after a series of failures, the Gambling Commission said, including not checking where customers' cash came from

The Independent UK

Gambling Commission hits online casino firm Genesis with £3.8m fine

The commission suspended the company’s licence for three months last year but lifted it after improvements by the firm.

The Guardian - UK

MPs criticise UK gambling regulator for trying to reduce addiction

Exclusive: findings in draft excerpt of MP group’s report are described by campaigner as ‘ludicrous’

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