May 14, 2025 Rank Group – the owner of UK-based chain Grosvenor casinos – is set to ramp up the number of gaming machines in its casinos after the government said it would relax gambling laws. Shares in the group soared nearly eight per cent on Wednesday morning. The firm said the government’s review of the 2005 Gambling [...]
Former Tory MP among 15 facing charges related to election gambling April 14, 2025 Former Tory MP Craig Williams is one of 15 people who have been charged after bets were placed on the timing of the 2024 general election, the Gambling Commission has revealed. Williams was among a number of people linked to the Conservative Party reported to have made bets on the election date, which was called [...]
Everton sponsor Stake to leave UK after gambling probe into porn ad February 12, 2025 Club officials of Everton, Nottingham Forest and Leicester City could run the risk of imprisonment or fines after Stake became the latest gambling firm to lose its UK licence after a probe into a porn ad on social media. The Gambling Commission will write to Everton – sponsored by Stake – as well as Nottingham [...]
Ed Warner: Chair the football regulator? No thanks, not even for £130k November 7, 2024 The job ad for the chair is being circulated widely by opponents of the concept of a regulator in the hope that a moderate rather than a zealot will land the role.
Win a dream house for £10? How Omaze found controversial success in the UK October 7, 2024 Luxury house prize draw Omaze has found booming success in the UK, but not everyone's happy about it. Anna Moloney examines why.
Election 2024: Labour suspends candidate after Gambling Commission probe June 25, 2024 A Labour candidate has been suspended by the party after the Gambling Commission launched an investigation into him.
Election 2024: Cleverly says ‘no reason to believe’ cabinet ministers made bets June 23, 2024 James Cleverly has said he had “no reason to believe” any cabinet ministers placed a bet on the timing of the general election.
Who are ya? Questions swirl about Premier League side Crystal Palace’s new gambling shirt sponsor June 14, 2024 Questions are swirling around Crystal Palace’s new front-of-shirt sponsor - a little-known Vietnamese gambling firm that appears to have no functioning UK website.
Richard Desmond’s firm slams ‘flawed’ process that handed National Lottery to Allwyn June 5, 2024 Richard Desmond's Northern & Shell group has hit out at the "seriously flawed" procurement process that handed the National Lottery licence to Czech gambling group Allwyn Entertainment, a London court heard today.