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Gambling - Changes to the licence conditions and codes of practice on age and identity verification for remote gambling
The Gambling Commission has now issued its consultation response following its consultation proposing changes to the licence conditions and codes of practice (LCCP) on age and identity verification for remote gambling. There are two principal cha...
Gambling Health Alliance
It has been announced today that the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) and Gamble Aware have joined forces to establish a ‘Gambling Health Alliance’. The stated aims of the new Alliance is to ensure that gambling and the harms it...
B2 gaming machines stake reduction
As previously reported, the stake reduction on B2 gaming machines from £100 to £2 will come into effect in April 2019 The statutory instrument confirming this, The Gaming Machine (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocation) Regulations 2...
Gambling Commission launches consultation on strategy to reduce Gambling Harms
The national responsible gambling strategy comes to an end in March 2019. A new national strategy is to be developed by the Gambling Commission and they are inviting people and organizations to engage in its shaping and the arrangements to d...
Battling Illegal Gaming on Premises – review your policies now
The Gambling Commission recently published data suggesting high levels of under-age people are playing gaming machines in pubs. It has declared its concern, that of the pubs sampled, only 10% intervened to stop children gambling on their premises...
Gambling - B2 stake reduction brought forward to April 2019
In the recent Budget the Chancellor stated that the stake reduction on B2 gaming machines, which was announced by the Government in May 2018, from £100 to £2 would come into effect in October 2019. The delay in the implementation of t...