Joe Streeter hosts the latest episode of the iGaming Daily podcast, sponsored by Optimove, and he’s joined by SBC’s new Editor-at-Large, Ted Menmuir, and a special guest, Anna Soilleux-Mills, Commercial …
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SBC NewsUK
GambleAware elects ‘equality expert’ Andy Boucher as Chair of Trustees
by Steve Hoare3 minutes readGambleAware has elected Andy Boucher to serve as Chair of Trustees of the UK’s biggest independent charity preventing and researching gambling harms. Boucher has served as a trustee of GambleAware since 2023, advising …
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UKSBC News
Aspire Global pays £1.4m after second UK compliance failure
by Steve Hoare3 minutes readThe UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has ordered AG Communications Ltd – trading as Aspire Global – to pay £1.4m towards social responsibility causes after its second compliance failure. Target of a UKGC investigation, the operator was found …
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UKSBC News
GamCare hires healthcare delivery expert Victoria Corbishley as new CEO
by Steve Hoare3 minutes readGamCare has welcomed the appointment of Victoria Corbishley as Chief Executive of the UK’s frontline provider of treatment support services for gambling harms. An expert in the management of public health services, …
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UKSBC News
UK Gambling Minister confirms springtime regulatory changes
by Steve Hoare4 minutes readUK gambling stakeholders have been told to prepare for forthcoming regulatory changes that will take effect in April. The notice comes from DCMS Gambling Minister, Baroness Twycross, in her speech at the Betting …
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ResearchSBC NewsUK
Academics compare gambling practices to 1950s tobacco industry in BMJ attack
by Steve Hoare3 minutes readA team of academics from the Universities of Bath, Cambridge, Goldsmiths and Edinburgh, and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have launched a scathing attack on the …
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UK treatment provider Gordon Moody is launching its annual gambling harm awareness day on March 18th with the provocative hashtag #Dying4ABet. “This intentionally provocative campaign is designed to break the …
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UKSBC News
UK banks unite for Gambling Harms Action Lab with Martin Lewis
by Steve Hoare2 minutes readUK banks Barclays, First Direct, HSBC UK, Monzo, Starling and Virgin Money join Nationwide in committing to the Money & Mental Health Policy Institute’s Gambling Harms Action Lab. The Lab …
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ResearchUK
2022 Public Health England study to promote a “comprehensive public health approach”
by Steve Hoare1 minutes readPolicies and interventions to reduce harmful gambling: an international Delphi consensus and implementation rating study Public Health England (since disbanded, now the Office of Health Improvement & Disparities) convened a …
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Stake to focus on regulated markets after UK exit
by Steve Hoare1 minutes readStake has told Player Protection Hub it will end its white-label business and focus on securing local licences in regulated markets, following its exit from the UK market. The crypto-first …