13 Dec, 2024 High Court Decision Confirms Limits on Gambling Operator Responsibility – No Duty of Care By Chibu Akpakwu Callum Granger Elizabeth Dunn In a much-anticipated decision, the High Court has underscored the boundaries of responsibility that gambling companies owe towards their...
28 Nov, 2024 Slots and the Statutory Levy: Labour’s first gambling reforms By Callum Granger Elizabeth Dunn Andy Danson On 27 November the government announced its plans for a new statutory levy on gambling operators, whilst also confirming that stake...
13 Nov, 2024 ASA Shows its Hand in relation to Social Slots By Elizabeth Dunn Callum Granger Chibu Akpakwu The ASA recently published five decisions relating to "social slot" games. Here we examine these decisions to outline the key lessons for...
20 Aug, 2024 A New Gambling Survey for Great Britain By Elizabeth Dunn Callum Granger On 25 July 2024, the Gambling Commission launched the new Gambling Survey for Great Britain (the GSGB). Going forwards, the GSGB will be...
12 Aug, 2024 Finland ending its online gambling monopoly in 2027 By Pia Ek Maria Karpathakis The online gambling monopoly in Finland is soon to be a thing of the past, as the state moves towards market liberalisation. In July...
09 Aug, 2024 Account withdrawals: Gambling Commission publishes its position By Callum Granger Elizabeth Dunn In July the Gambling Commission CEO, Andrew Rhodes, published a blog on the unacceptable delays that some operators are still imposing on...
01 Aug, 2024 Is Football Cashing-out on Gambling Sponsorship? By Callum Granger Elizabeth Dunn A new Code of Conduct for Gambling Related Agreements in Football (the Code), endorsed by the Premier League, The English Football...
03 Jul, 2024 The General Election: A New Road for UK Gambling Reform By Callum Granger Elizabeth Dunn The UK general election will take place on 4th July and the polls are currently pointing towards the Labour party establishing a majority...
21 Jun, 2024 Update on affordability measures announced by the Dutch Gambling Authority By Roelien van Neck Quirijn Mohr The Dutch Gambling Authority (‘Ksa’) adopted a new Responsible Gaming Policy Rule last week for licensed online gambling operators in...
22 May, 2024 Rulings on the ‘strong appeal test’ for gambling ads featuring TV personalities. By Charlotte Edmondson MediaWrites has previously reported on ASA rulings in relation to sporting personalities and the strong appeal test. We have previously...
10 May, 2024 ASA Checklist: Euro 2024 By Elizabeth Dunn Callum Granger With UEFA Euro 2024 rapidly approaching, many businesses will be increasing their marketing output to try and attract new customers in...
01 May, 2024 The House Calls for the Government to Double Down on Gambling Advertising Regulation By Elizabeth Dunn Callum Granger Last week, the House of Lords raised its concern with what it considers to be the Government’s underwhelming policy proposals to regulate...
12 Apr, 2024 Weekend Long Read: A Review of the Gambling Commission’s new Source of Funds Guidance By Lucy Paterson In case you missed it, the Gambling Commission recently updated its change of corporate control (“CoCC”) and operating licence...
09 Apr, 2024 The million pound question: how to draft T&Cs to protect against payouts when things go wrong By Bryony Hurst Prashant Kukadia Naim Kalaji naiIn the online world, when you run into technical errors such as glitches/malfunctions, well drafted T&Cs can help shield you from...
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...