London-listed gaming operator Entain (formerly GVC Holdings) is celebrating the first day of trading under its new name with the launch of licensed operations in Colombia and plans to double its market share in the United States through its BetMGM joint venture with MGM Resorts International.
Alongside Wednesday’s shareholder approval of [...]
The UK Government today launched its long-anticipated review of gambling laws, with the findings to be used to inform any changes to the Gambling Act 2005.
Alongside announcing the launch of the review, culture secretary Oliver Dowden also confirmed that the minimum age for buying lottery products will be raised from [...]
Licensed operators in Gibraltar have agreed to pay £2.5m to support the Gibraltar Gambling Care Foundation following the completion of a review of operators’ processes and procedures by the Gibraltar Gambling Division.
The 12-month thematic review focused on ensuring that operators have adequate and robust systems in place to identify and [...]
UK-licensed gambling operators have delivered a significant increase in safer gambling messaging and player interventions under the Covid action plan developed by the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC).
BGC chair Brigid Simmonds will set out the industry’s achievements in relation to the Covid action plan at today’s annual general meeting of [...]
London-listed gaming technology provider Playtech is enhancing its player onboarding and verification processes through a new partnership with UK-based eKYC and fraud detection specialist TruNarrative.
Playtech will add TruNarrative’s Affordability UK solution to its IMS platform, enabling operators to accurately and reliably identify customers whose gambling spend may be unsustainable.
Operators will [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator GVC Holdings has brought in Dr Mark Griffiths to advise on further enhancing its player protection technologies.
A distinguished professor of behavioural addiction and psychology at Nottingham Trent University, Dr Griffiths will join GVC later this month to audit the company’s policies and processes on responsible [...]
With over £30m in fines being handed out by the Gambling Commission in 2020 and 11 licence suspensions, the gambling industry can be in no doubt that offering a sustainable and safe player experience needs to be front of mind.
Safer Gambling Week - which runs from 19th-25th November - is [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator 888 is rolling out a new customer-facing safe gambling feature for UK players later this month.
The Control Centre is a new customer-facing interface that will be available across all 888 sites, providing players with improved understanding of their gambling behaviour and further increasing the prominence [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator GVC Holdings is piloting two new initiatives to enhance its Advanced Responsibility and Care (ARC) safer gambling programme.
The new partnerships with Future Anthem and Mindway AI will complement GVC’s proprietary technology platform and behavioural play data to provide end to end player protection and interaction, [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator GVC Holdings has named Martin Lycka as its new senior vice president for American regulatory affairs and responsible gambling.
Lycka will be responsible for expanding GVC's licensing and regulatory structure in the US and underscoring the company's commitments to responsible gambling, sports integrity and regulatory compliance.
He [...]
The latest survey into gambling participation in Sweden shows a minor rise in real-money gambling in 2020, marking the first growth in eight years.
The annual survey by Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen and research firm Novus shows that 66 per cent of respondents gambled in the past year, an increase of [...]
Leading publicly listed gaming operator GVC Holdings is changing its name to Entain plc. as it launches a new strategy focused on sustainable growth and innovation.
The new strategy includes a commitment to ensure that 100 per cent of Entain’s revenue is derived from nationally regulated markets by the end of [...]