Government needs to fill regulatory gaps
Determining primary betting purpose is again a hot potato. Hilary Stewart-Jones (partner at DLA Piper, London) asks: have operators lost the will to challenge and the wit to compromise? Read...
View ArticleUK Gambling Commission reconsiders its approach to TV game shows
Proposed guidelines, that were to be published by the UK Gambling Commission ('Commission'), in relation to certain TV game shows (Deal or no deal and Red or Black?) and their affiliation with games...
View ArticleUK tax changes - the consultation begins; Time to engage
Following last month's announcement that the Government would move to taxing remote gambling on a place of consumption basis, the Treasury has recently published a consultation document Taxing remote...
View ArticleUK: Government publishes results of consultation regarding Gambling...
The Government has published its response to the public consultation launched in August last year (available here http://www.culture.gov.uk/consultations/8392.aspx) on its proposal to add both national...
View ArticleUK: Consultation begins on the proposed tax credit regime for video game...
The documentation released by the Treasury makes it clear it does not propose to extend the tax credits to the development of games whose "primary purpose is gambling". One of the challenges facing...
View ArticleUK: Gambling Commission publishes latest industry statistics
The UK's Gambling Commission has published an extensive array of statistics from April 2008 - September 2011, which provides useful information on the trends in both the land-based and remote gambling...
View ArticleUK: BETTING OPERATORS REQUIRED TO REPORT SUSPICIOUS BETTING PATTERNS ON...
Following the Government's publication in May of the results to its consultation on the additions of sporting governing bodies (SGBs) to Schedule 6 of the Gambling Act 2005, the Gambling Commission has...
View ArticleUK: GAMBLING PROMOTIONS - A REMINDER OF WHEN "ONE CLICK AWAY" TERMS AND...
Cassava Enterprises Ltd AdjudicationA direct mailing for 888.com ("888")contained the text:"NO Deposit Bonus - 888.com has opened you a Casino-on-Net account with free £10 in it! No registration - No...
View ArticleUK: Premiership Footballer reminded of the importance of integrity in sport
All sporting bodies promote integrity in their given sport and generally have a set of guiding principles that underpin the rules and regulations of the game. The lack of integrity in the way in which...
View ArticleUK: A bet worth taking?
The UK Government's Culture, Media and Sport Committee has published a report following its detailed examination of the Gambling Act 2005 and the suitability of the current legislation to tackle the...
View ArticleMedia Intelligence - August 2012
The latest news and views from DLA Piper's Sports and Media Team. Read more
View ArticleUK: "FLIPPANT" PADDY POWER AD ESCAPES CENSURE
Paddy Power plc's ("Paddy Power") latest radio ad stated:"Jack Cooper wrote on Paddy Power Facebook wall "I'll give you anything for a decent offer Paddy!" We hear you Jack! Anything eh? Well, just...
View ArticleUK: CONSULTATION BEGINS ON THE PROPOSED MERGER OF THE GAMBLING COMMISSION AND...
The merger of the Gambling Commission and the National Lottery Commission aims to create one over-arching regulator in order to achieve the Government's aims of cost-cutting and increased...
View ArticleUK: ROBIN HOOD BINGO - AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD GAMBLING ADVERTISING PRACTICE?
Robin Hood Bingo's ("RHB") TV ad featured an actor dressed as Robin Hood and two actresses dressed in medieval costumes. The following exchange took place:Robin: "Greetings ladies. Come, join me at...
View ArticleMedia Intelligence - September 2012
The latest news and views from DLA Piper's Sports and Media Team. Read more.
View ArticleUK Government Select Committee Reports on Gambling Act
Read DLA's commentary on the UK Culture, Media and Sport Committee's examination of the Gambling Act 2005 in the latest edition of iGaming Business. Click here to read UK Government Select Committee...
View ArticleMedia Intelligence - October 2012
The latest news and views from DLA Piper's Sports and Media Team. Access Media Intelligence here.
View ArticleNominet proposes new ".uk" domains
Damian Herrington comments on the proposals. Read Nominet proposes new ".uk" domains
View ArticleUK: ASA CONFIRM COMPARATIVE CLAIMS NEED TO BE JUSTIFIED
Victor Chandler's t/a BetVictor ("BetVictor") TV advertisement featured two men having a conversation whilst watching a football watch. Text at the beginning of the advert stated "… Source...
View ArticleUK: Draft Point of Consumption Bill Published
The process for legislative reforms began in March 2010 when the Department for Culture, Media and Sport ran a 12-week consultation which proposed that offshore operators are required to obtain a UK...
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