The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has branded the financial year of 2024/25 as a period of delivery and transition of projects and new compliance set out by its corporate strategy. …
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French audiences have been reminded of their rights to be removed from all gambling communications and promotions via voluntary self-exclusion. On Monday 5 January, l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), the …
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The government of Georgia has finalised a comprehensive sweep of individuals excluded from participating in gambling activities. In 2025, Georgia enacted new executive orders amending the Georgian Law on the …
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LeoVegas has landed in trouble with the Dutch gambling authority over player protection failures. Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the regulator responsible for the market’s oversight in the Netherlands, reminded that gambling companies …
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Russia is in the process of adopting a national self-exclusion registry, state media has reported. Passing second and third readings in Russia’s State Duma, the lower house of Parliament, provisions …
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Romania’s National Office for Gambling (ONJN) has launched a €5m public funding programme aimed at strengthening national efforts to prevent and treat gambling addiction, marking the most significant public-health intervention …
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DCMS has updated the Terms of Reference for the Gambling Levy Programme Board, providing further detail on the governance framework overseeing the distribution of funding for gambling-related harm research, prevention …
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In today’s episode of iGaming Daily, SBC Media Manager Charlie Horner is joined by SBC’s Editor-at-Large Ted Menmuir and SBC News Editor Ted Orme-Claye as the trio discuss the growing …
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Report concludes research confusion and media sensationalism is leading to moral panic
A new research paper highlights the narrative gap between academic research and media sensationalism around the gambling industry and gambling harm, which is leading to moral panic and regressive policy …
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Moral panic Today we highlight an excellent research paper, which should be required reading for journalists, academics, regulators, lobbyists, lawmakers, and industry leaders. Gambling Public Policy Consulting’s ‘Addressing the Narrative …
