Greg Wood

  • Fixed-odds betting crackdown will barely restrict the bookmakers

    31/10/2017
      Greg Wood | Sport betting When the department for digital, culture, media and sport finally announced a range of options for the new maximum stake in fixed odds betting terminals on Tuesday, the most interesting alternative was arguably the one that wasn’t there. The stake limit could be halved to £50, cut...

  • Why gamblers are on a losing streak – and the industry is cashing in

    28/05/2017
    Greg Wood | Opinion There is an old gambling story about the late Australian media tycoon Kerry Packer, and an irritating Texan oil magnate who tried to goad him into a high-stakes head-to-head in a casino. “I’m worth $60m,” the oil man boasted, at which point Packer is said to...
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