23 Mar, 2024 UK Government Review of the Gambling Act 2005 finally arrives By Andy Danson Andrew Cox The government announced this week that its long-promised review of the Gambling Act 2005 has been launched – Andy Danson and Andrew Cox...
18 Mar, 2024 Akinfenwa: just too strong for a gambling ad By Callum Granger Elizabeth Dunn The ASA has handed down its latest ruling on the use of footballers in gambling ads, this time examining an ad featuring footballer...
13 Mar, 2024 Swedish Court orders refund of losses for gambling addiction By Michael Butler Jonathan Wikström In December 2023, a groundbreaking judgment was delivered by the Swedish Patent and Market Court of Appeal in favour of a former gambling...
09 Feb, 2024 Nordic Gambling Update 2024: Denmark By Mikkel Taanum In Denmark, we are looking into the biggest legislative changes since the liberalisation of gambling laws in 2012. The changes include a...
07 Feb, 2024 Nordic Gambling Update 2024: Sweden By Jonathan Wikström Technological advancements continued to develop the gambling market in 2023, while regulators and authorities intensify their efforts to...
05 Feb, 2024 Nordic Gambling Update 2024: Finland By Maria Karpathakis Interesting things are happening in Denmark, Finland and Sweden. Our Nordic Gambling team looks back at what has happened in 2023 and...
14 Sep, 2023 Ireland – the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 – Hot Topics: Children & Advertising By Aideen Mahon Deirdre Kilroy Georgina Parkinson A recent report by the Institute of Public Health, in conjunction with TobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland, has published findings...
28 Jul, 2023 The Gambling Ombudsman – A New Player in British Gambling Regulation By Lucy Paterson Simi Khagram The Government’s long-awaited policy paper on gambling reform (the “White Paper”) has sparked a significant discussion in its proposal to...
22 Jun, 2023 Further guidance from the ASA on the ‘strong appeal’ test for sports personalities in gambling ads By Callum Granger Elizabeth Dunn MediaWrites has previously reported on ASA rulings on the Paddy Power and SkyBet adverts featuring Peter Crouch and Micah Richards and...
03 May, 2023 High Stakes: Gambling White Paper By MediaWrites Editorial On 28 April 2023, the government published the long-awaited gambling white paper, titled ‘High Stakes: Gambling Reform for the Digital...
20 Apr, 2023 New rulings on the ‘strong appeal’ test for gambling ads featuring sports personalities By Elizabeth Dunn Callum Granger The ASA has published a further ruling to illustrate when sports personalities in gambling advertisements may have ‘strong appeal’ to...
20 Apr, 2023 Summer is coming! – Danish gambling update By Mikkel Taanum Interesting things are happening in Denmark, Finland and Sweden. Our Nordic Gambling team looks back at what has happened in 2022 and...
14 Apr, 2023 Premier League Clubs agree to withdraw front of shirt gambling sponsorship By Elizabeth Dunn Elizabeth Dunn considers the impact of the Premier League's announcement on football clubs and gambling companies. The long-anticipated...
12 Apr, 2023 Summer is coming! – Swedish gambling update By Jonathan Wikström Interesting things are happening in Denmark, Finland and Sweden. Our Nordic Gambling team looks back at what has happened in 2022 and...
04 Apr, 2023 Summer is coming! – Finnish gambling update By Maria Karpathakis Interesting things are happening in Denmark, Finland and Sweden. Our Nordic Gambling team looks back at what has happened in 2022 and...
24 Feb, 2023 Changing Attitudes: British Gambling Commission acknowledges the threat of the black market to vulnerable customers By Elizabeth Dunn In a keynote speech given by Tim Miller at ICE 2023, the Gambling Commission of Great Britain acknowledged the threat of unlicensed...