The Culture Secretary said changes to gambling laws are needed to combat addiction caused by the ‘betting shop in your pocket’. Oliver Dowden, whose department will lead the biggest shake-up of the rules for the industry in 15 years, said he was struck by conversations he had with ‘victims’ of gambling addiction. Smartphones and online … Read more
Gambling logos face ban from sport in blitz on betting firms amid strict limits on how much punters can lose online Wide-ranging review of legislation governing industry to be launched next week Items under consideration – dubbed ‘reformer’s shopping list’ – include maximum stakes online and checks on whether players can afford their losses New … Read more
Ladbrokes and Coral owner GVC to support gambling addicts as seeks to cleans up its act By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 12 November 2020 | Updated: 22:14 GMT, 12 November 2020 The owner of Ladbrokes and Coral yesterday sought to make a clean break with its chequered past following a … Read more
One in 10 children admit gambling with their own money amid fears thousands of families are being plunged into ‘tidal wave of misery’ More than third gambled in past year, according to Gambling Commission audit Close to 2% aged 11 to 16 classed ‘problem gamblers’ they’re so severely affected Experts blamed the proliferation of gambling … Read more
NatWest introduces gambling block on debit cards giving customers with betting addictions a 48-hour cooling-off period before they can make payments The move is to help customers with gambling addictions control their spending People have to wait two days before they can make gambling-related payments During this period of time attempted transactions will be automatically … Read more
Every month, for more than a year, the sum of at least £5,000 was deposited into the bank account of hairdresser Ericka Carroll. The money didn’t come from her business, though. She would have had to ‘cut and blow dry’ an awful lot of hair at her small salon at the bottom of her garden … Read more
The gambling watchdog has refused to ban the ‘grooming’ tactics used by bookmakers to encourage gamblers to bet more. ‘VIP’ schemes have faced a furious backlash due to their role in a series of high-profile fines, frauds and suicides. They have been blamed for encouraging vulnerable gamblers to bet more than they can afford by … Read more
A customer adviser for Lloyds bank sold customers’ account details to her friend who was a gambling addict. Jaspreet Marwaha, from Birmingham, gave the information of more than 80 accounts to Mohammed Saif Maqsood, from Blackburn, who paid £50 for each set of card details and swiped between £82,000 and £92,000 from them. At one point the … Read more
Gambling giants flout advertising rules to target children by using websites popular with youngsters The Advertising Standards Authority say gambling giants are breaking the rules Watchdog found some 70 different betting ads appeared on children’s websites The ASA said it would not name and shame the firms or take action against them By Sean Poulter … Read more
Debt firm worker stole £380,000 from his employers to feed gambling addiction after bookmakers offered him free bets and hospitality at Cheltenham races Glyn Rothwell, 36, stole money from debt management firm Harrington Brooks He used unwitting colleagues to ‘approve’ payments which went to his account Inquiries revealed 343 fraudulent transactions occurred between 2015 and … Read more