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The company behind thousands of the UK’s fixed-odds betting terminals(FOBTs) is offering gambling-style apps on Facebook without age checks, prompting allegations that children are being exposed to the risk of addiction. Earlier this month, the industry watchdog warned that more than 60,000 children were either gambling addicts or were in danger of...

A crackdown by the European regulator on high-risk online bets has sent shares in spread-betting firms plummeting. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) said late on Friday it was considering a ban on the marketing, distribution or sale to retail clients of binary options, amid fears they are too...

A government scheme that is meant to allow staff at betting shops to bar problem gamblers has drawn fresh criticism after an investigation found that addicts are still being allowed to bet. An undercover reporter posing as a known problem gambler who should have been ejected from bookmakers when attempting to...

About 25,000 children aged between 11 and 16 are problem gamblers, with many learning to bet via computer games and social media, according to a report that has prompted warnings that Britain is “sleepwalking into a future public health storm”. In its annual survey of youth gambling (pdf), industry regulator the Gambling Commission...

Ladbrokes Coral and online gambling rival GVC have renewed talks about a takeover which could be valued at £3.9bn – but with the proviso that the deal could be cut by £800m depending on the final result of a government review of controversial fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs). GVC, owner of...

Kate Lampard, who also led Jimmy Savile and Yarl’s Wood inquiries, calls for ‘massive changes’ including end to male dominance Kate Lampard, who also led Jimmy Savile and Yarl’s Wood inquiries, calls for ‘massive changes’ including end to male dominance The chair of the UK’s leading gambling charity, who...

The government has no idea how many problem gamblers are being treated by the NHS or how much their addiction is costing, prompting concern from leading charities that people in need of help are slipping through the net. The Department of Health also conceded, in response to questions from...

A Broadway Gaming Ltd vai pagar um pacote de penalizações de £100.000 por não ter incluído condições relevantes associadas a anúncios promocionais encontrados em cinco dos seus sites de jogos de fortuna ou azar. Em junho de 2016, a Advertising Standards Authority (Autoridade para as Normas Publicitárias) aceitou uma...

In the runup to Christmas, Bradford’s imposing city centre is littered with festive lights. They give a little cheer to a somewhat run-down Victorian shopping district dominated by building societies, banks, charity shops, and, more recently, a growing concentration of betting shops. There are 11 in barely a 250m radius,...

A new row over fixed-odds betting has erupted, amid claims that potential conflicts of interest are distorting parliamentary debate on the issue. Last week, MPs debated proposed reforms that include reducing the stakes on the electronic games of roulette and blackjack played on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) in betting shops....

“I see them come up and down, betting shop to bank machine, back and forth. They walk past me like I’m a ghost,” says Kelly, a young homeless woman sitting on the pavement between Lloyds Bank and Betfred in Newham, east London. She prefers to spend what little change she collects...

Gambling firms are failing to honour a pledge to donate part of their income to fund addiction treatment and should be forced to do so by law, the UK’s leading problem-gambling charity has said. GambleAware told the Guardian it had lost patience after companies’ failure to pay left it facing a...

Further to your article (Crackdown on fixed-odds betting terminals unveiled, theguardian.com, 31 October) the UK government looks set once again to dodge the hard decisions around high-stakes gambling. It is over a year since the review was launched and the response is to kick the issue into the long...

O jogador de pôquer Phil Ivey perdeu sua licitação judicial para recuperar £ 7,7 milhões (US$ 10,2 milhões) em ganhos de um cassino de Londres. O americano de 40 anos tem lutado para recuperar a quantia desde que jogou com sucesso uma versão de bacará conhecida como Punto Banco...

Regulators have launched a crackdown on child gambling by demanding online gambling sites remove “unacceptable” adverts featuring cartoon characters likely to appeal to children. The Gambling Commission and the Advertising Standards Authority are among the signatories to a letter sent to online gambling operators that orders them to remove games promoted...