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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...

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UK 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...

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UK 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...

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UK: 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...

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UK: 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...

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UK: 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...

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UK: 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...

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UK: 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...

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UK: 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...

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UK: 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...

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Media Intelligence - August 2012

The latest news and views from DLA Piper's Sports and Media Team. Read more

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UK: "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...

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UK: 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...

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UK: 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...

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Media Intelligence - September 2012

The latest news and views from DLA Piper's Sports and Media Team. Read more.

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UK 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...

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Media Intelligence - October 2012

The latest news and views from DLA Piper's Sports and Media Team.  Access Media Intelligence here.

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Nominet proposes new ".uk" domains

Damian Herrington comments on the proposals.  Read Nominet proposes new ".uk" domains

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UK: 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...

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UK: 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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