by Jim Orford | Apr 4, 2025 | Gambling
On 17 March the Lords voted against an amendment to the Football Governance Bill which would have placed a duty on the proposed new Independent Football Regulator to gradually eliminate altogether gambling-related sponsorship and advertising, something that many of us...
by Jim Orford | Aug 2, 2024 | Gambling
The Gambling Commission has just released its first report of results from its new Gambling Survey for Great Britain. A lot of work has gone into this new-style, improved, survey method and we shall be hearing much more about this in the future. According to a...
by Jim Orford | Jul 12, 2024 | Gambling
The British gambling regulator, the Gambling Commission, is rarely in the news as it has been lately on account of possible use of insider information by Conservative election candidates and others betting on the election date just before it was announced. It’s a pity...
by Jim Orford | May 22, 2024 | Gambling
At long last the Government is doing something about harmful gambling, too little and long overdue though it is. Most welcome is the introduction of a statutory levy on the gambling industry to fund treatment, prevention, and research. A significant gap is the failure...
