The bosses of the UK’s gambling giants have added up to £4.9billion to their personal wealth after the pandemic sparked a boom in online betting. Millions of punters around the world have logged on to British online casinos to bet while stuck at home in lockdowns. The trend has turbocharged UK gambling stocks, sending them … Read more
A charitable foundation run by Britain’s highest-paid boss Bet365 exec Denise Coates is ‘sitting on’ millions in donations – but has funded a number of eclectic projects including an art exhibition, a gymnastics centre and research on genetic links to heart disease. The Denise Coates Foundation was created in August 2012 by the tycoon, who … Read more
Gambling watchdog chief steps down after just two years amid major review of the industry’s practices Gambling Commission chief executive Neil McArthur has resigned from his role Comes during middle of Government review to protect vulnerable gamblers McArthur was promoted to chief executive of the commission in April 2018 By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 01:27 … Read more
A number of users on Football Index, a virtual gambling platform, have lost ‘life-altering’ amounts of money, ranging in the thousands, after jaw-dropping share price crashes on the site, Sportsmail has been told. The self-styled ‘real money virtual stock market’ announced that users would be given 28 days’ notice of a large reduction in dividend … Read more
Boris Johnson ‘asked ministers to review gambling laws after Downing Street party with Tory donor and Health Lottery owner Richard Desmond’, private letters reveal Letters show Johnson told Desmond his Health Lottery was ‘hugely impressive’ PM said he had tasked ministers with reviewing gambling laws which limit society lotteries, run for good causes, to £500,000 … Read more
England goalkeeping legend Peter Shilton calls on football to end its ‘conspiracy of silence’ and take a stand against wall-to-wall gambling adverts Peter Shilton, 71, has called on football to end its ‘conspiracy of silence’ He and wife Steph, 52, launched a campaign called Shilton’s Shirt Gambling Ban Calls on sport to ‘take a stand’ to … Read more
The mother of a woman who killed herself after losing £36,000 gambling has told MPs of her heartbreak. Kay Wadsworth said 32-year-old Kimberley started betting in 2015 following the death of her father and problems with her marriage. The business developer ran up huge losses and blew in a fortnight the £36,000 her mother gave … Read more
Scarlett Moffatt has reportedly helped her mother, Betty, get therapy after her online gambling habit ‘spiralled out of control’ during lockdown. According to new reports, the Gogglebox star, 30, was left ‘betrayed and confused’ after her mother allegedly took ‘tens of thousands of pounds’ from her account. Betty, who has been working for Scarlett since her 2016 I’m … Read more
Gambling addiction ‘should be treated as a public health issue like alcoholism and smoking’, academic report says Time spent at home fuelled epidemic of people hooked on online betting Support services for addicts struggled to move online leaving many without help Report concluded that national and local intervention needed to limit damage By Andrew Levy … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: England defender Kieran Trippier is handed a worldwide TEN-WEEK BAN and fined £70,000 for breaking FA betting rules around his transfer from Tottenham to Atletico Madrid – but he IS free to play at Euro 2020 Kieran Trippier was charged in May over bets placed around his move to Spain He completed a … Read more