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Widow says gambling regulator ‘not protecting customers’ amid legal action

Annie Ashton’s husband, Luke, took his own life in 2021, with an inquest finding a gambling disorder contributed to his death.

The Independent UK

Betting giants spared regulatory action after secret deals with watchdog

Controversial ‘special measures’ regime under fire after failures were not made public

The Guardian - UK

UK slot machine operator fined over cancer patient’s activity

Gambling regulator fines Merkur Slots almost £100,000 for failings at one of its ‘adult gaming centres’

The Guardian - UK

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Everton FC sponsor Stake.com to give up gambling licence in Great Britain

Move follows Gambling Commission review of online casino’s practices, including promotion fronted by porn actor

The Guardian - UK

National Lottery £38 billion pledge for good causes ‘looks fanciful’

National Lottery operator Allwyn has committed to increasing the amount of funding for good causes from £30 million a week to £60 million a week.

Evening Standard

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Guardian - UK

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

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

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 Independent UK

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

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The Guardian - UK

British gambling regulator prosecutes Sorare football game

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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

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”

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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