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A long-awaited review of fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) has been delayed until the autumn, following a rift between the Treasury and the government department responsible for the gambling industry over regulation of the controversial machines. The government’s decision has been further complicated by the fact that MPs in the Democratic Unionist...

Bet365, one of the internet’s biggest bookmakers, is facing legal action from a customer over its failure to transfer a £54,000 balance to her bank account despite repeated requests over a period of months. While refusing to release the backer’s winnings on a series of horse racing bets, Bet365...

Ladbrokes could face an investigation from the gambling regulator over an incident in which confidential information about betting addicts, including photos, names and addresses, was found in a bin bag on the street. The Gambling Commission said it was looking into the bookmaker’s compliance with data protection laws after a passer-by found...

Sitting on the toilet, Chris Stringman stared intently at the rows of flashing numbers on the computer screen in front of him. It was 6.30pm. Downstairs, his partner, Claudia, was cooking dinner after a long day at the primary school where they both worked as teachers. Now Chris had...

The online gambling industry is facing a clampdown after the UK competition watchdog accused companies of unfairly treating customers and potentially breaking consumer law. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said people were not getting the deal they expected from sign-up promotions and operators were unfairly holding on to customers’ money....

Decision comes after three-month review into betting sponsorship. FA’s current partnership with Ladbrokes to be terminated this month. The Football Association will no longer have a betting partner after terminating a contract with Ladbrokes worth around £4m a year following a string of high-profile gambling controversies in the sport....

If you had been away from the planet for the past quarter of a century, one of the few things you might find comfortingly familiar on your return is the world of sport. While the digital revolution has transformed the way we shop, chat, date, do politics and consume...

British gamblers lost a record £13.8bn in the year ending September 2016, including an all-time high of £1.82bn on controversial fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs). The figures, released by the industry regulator the Gambling Commission, come just weeks before a long-awaited government review of the industry is due to be published. The review has seen...

Online gambling company 888 is being investigated by the industry regulator, which has the power to strip betting firms of their licence to do business, amid concern over the tools it uses to help problem gamblers. The Gambling Commission is examining 888’s “self-exclusion” regime, a system betting firms use to allow...

The Football Association is “considering” its relationship with gambling firms and alcohol companies, says the governing body’s chairman. Greg Clarke has ordered a report into whether it is appropriate to have official partnerships with gambling and betting. “The sport has a duty to consider and ask itself what is...

An MPs’ report calling for a crackdown on fixed-odds betting terminals, published in the midst of a government review into the controversial machines, has been found to breach parliamentary standards. A cross-party group of politicians, backed by casinos, amusement arcades and pubs, was deemed to have broken the rules four times in...

Jim Duffy says he has had to bail out players many times during his football management career following financial problems caused by gambling. The Greenock Morton boss has previously been in charge of Falkirk, Dundee, Hibernian, Brechin City and Clyde, plus a spell as Norwich City caretaker. Duffy has...

A FA explicou que a suspensão de 18 meses aplicada ao médio do Burnely Joey Barton, de 34 anos, por participação em apostas desportivas, foi a menor possível refletindo todas as realizadas Em comunicado, a FA especificou que Barton realizou 1.260 apostas, avaliadas em 205.784 libras (cerca de 243.000...

Experts are warning that the UK must face up to the scale of its gambling problem with a lack of research, and industry influence, preventing proper scrutiny of a growing national habit. Joey Barton’s 18-month suspension from football on betting-related charges, and the player’s response in which he spoke of an...

Scottish football’s relationship with the gambling industry should be reviewed, according to a fans’ group. It comes in the wake of Burnley midfielder Joey Barton’s ban from football for 18 months after admitting a betting charge. The Scottish Football Supporters Association says the sport may need to “adjust its...