Today’s episode of iGaming Daily, supported by Optimove, discusses a frantic week of gambling developments, which saw the FA, Premier League, EFL and Women’s Super League agree to a new code of conduct on gambling agreements.
The Advertising Standards Authority has ordered William Hill to remove an advertisement for misleading language around the use of payments for welcome bonuses.
The advert was seen on search engine Bing and featured a promotion advertising a ‘Bet £10 get £60’ welcome bonus from the online casino and sports betting operator.
Raising the issue with the ASA, a complainant noted that, when clicking on the link included in the advertisement, some small print stated that Apple Pay could not be used as a payment method.
This was considered as a significant term of the promotion, and omitting this information from the advertisement has been considered as misleading customers.
The ASA’s assessment sided with the complainant, referring to the Committee on Advertising Practice Code that governs UK advertising and marketing standards and practice.
Under the CAP Code, all marketing communications and promotions must state applicable significant conditions where omission is likely to mislead. ..
Player Protection Hub Editor Steve Hoare takes Better Change’s free safer gambling training for a test drive
New research from GambleAware in the UK suggests that over two-thirds of people believe there is too much gambling advertising and that more regulations are needed to control it. Sixty-seven percent of respondents to the survey by Ipsos said there is too much gambling advertising, with 72 percent supporting more regulations around television advertising and…
The UK Gambling Commission CEO Andrew Rhodes told an audience of industry representatives that the NHS Health Survey is “outmoded” and needs to be improved but that any hike in numbers from the new methodology being used in the Commission’s Gambling Survey for Great Britain need not lead to a “lurch in regulation”. Rhodes was…
UK player harm charity GambleAware has called for public health warnings on gambling adverts, as research shows that messaging over gambling risks is not cutting through with the public. Researchers found the UK industry’s ‘Take Time To Think’ slogan was inadequate and should be replaced with the following messages: GambleAware Chief Communications Officer Alexia Clifford…
Harris Hagan dissects the affairs of a busy opening to May, in which the Gambling Commission published its Summer 2023 Consultation Response providing its timelines to test key proposals of the Gambling Review’s White Paper.
The spotlight glares on the compliance of UK gambling, entering a transformative phase as the Commission seeks to apply comprehensive changes from financial vulnerability assessments to game design, aiming to bolster consumer protection and ensure responsible gaming environments.
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On 1 May 2024, the Gambling Commission published the response to its Summer 2023 Consultation on Proposed Changes to the LCCP and RTS (the “Summer 2023 Consultation Response”), confirming widespread changes to the rules that regulate licensed gambling operators in Great Britain, including in relation to financial vulnerability checks and financial risk assessments; remote games design; direct marketing; age verification and personal management licences.
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Dan Waugh of Regulus Partners continues his groundbreaking series of articles that expose the myth-making around gambling and misuse of statistics
A recurrent claim in the public policy debate on gambling in Great Britain is that a large proportion of industry profits are generated by people who are addicted to gambling or at risk of addiction, writes Dan Waugh of Regulus Partners. The activist charity, Gambling With Lives (‘GwL’), for example, has stated that “86% of…
GambleAware has announced that more than 100,000 people have used its new online self-assessment tool to manage the impact of gambling harm.
Of these, the charity reported that around 28,000 contacted the National Gambling Helpline – on the phone or the live chat tool – for additional support and information from a trained advisor.
Launched in April 2023, more than 8,000 professionals across other sectors have been trained to identify the signs of gambling harm, as part of a comprehensive approach to prevention.
Zoë Osmond, CEO of GambleAware, commented: “The figures released today underscore the critical role third-sector services play as part of a whole-system-approach to addressing gambling harms.”
Notably, the uptake of the online tool also aligns with a 20% rise in individuals receiving support through GambleAware-commissioned National Gambling Support Network (NGSN).
Osmond added: “As we approach the Government’s planned announcement around the structure of the new system, ..