Which industry is worse when it comes to targeting children with online ads - the gambling business or the junk food business? According to a recent report from the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), gambling operators are actually worse. The findings are part of year-long study that's being conducted by the ASA that monitors more…
The UK Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) is an organization that seems to live by the rule, "If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will." That's likely why they've been so keen touting the results of an analysis done by Enders Analysis that found their "whistle to whistle" ban on gambling advertisements during…
William Hill is shutting the doors on 119 gaming shops in the UK in a move that's meant to mitigate the train-wreck damage of the COVID-19-infected world economy. The company is actually in pretty good shape considering the global pandemic and its impact on any gambling operator with land-based exposure. Part of William Hill's long-term…
UK casino operators were handed a major disappointment this week when Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that their planned reopening date has been kicked back from August 1 to August 15, "at least". The casino delay comes as part of a larger effort to slow down reopening in the UK in hopes of slowing down…
Any business looking to stay ahead of corona virus-induced financial catastrophe should study the folks running Betsson. The Stockholm-based gambling operator posted record revenue during Q2 2020 - which was arguably one of the worst quarters in recorded financial history. For the three months ending June 30, Betsson raked approximately $172 million (USD). So how…
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given his approval to a plan that would have all UK casinos reopening by August 1, with plenty of new social distancing guidelines. The plan, however, is a day late and a dollar short for plenty of casino employees who are now on permanent furlough. Johnson's plan, which actually…
Buzz Bingo is permanently closing 26 of its 117 UK bingo halls as part of a restructuring action brought on by the global COVID-19 pandemic. It's just the latest sign that "business as usual" will not be "business as usual" when the quarantine lockdown is eventually lifted. As it stands today, the company's remaining 91…
Life for UK and UK-facing gambling operators certainly has not been easy during 2020. Before the pandemic shut down betting shops and casinos, anti-gambling forces in Parliament had been hard at work limiting the breadth and scope of operator's marketing techniques. In particular, they've been very interested in limiting how, and how often, gambling operators…
Last week a multi-partisan group of UK lawmakers dropped a bombshell on the UK-facing gambling industry. Wouldn't it be great, they said, if gambling operators simply couldn't advertise? It's a radical solution aimed at helping out a small group of problem gamblers that makes use of sledge hammer tactics when a precise tool would likely…
If you think that the UK ban on video betting terminal wagers over £2 was bad news for the UK-facing gambing industry, you'll want to step away when you hear what the All Party Parliamentary Group has in mind. The cross-party group of parliamentarians wants some major reforms to UK gambling and they may just…
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