Government

A Labour Party candidate at the General Election has been cleared of wrongdoing by the UK Gambling Commission despite betting on himself to lose. Kevin Craig, who was standing in the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency, admitted that he had wagered £800 on the Conservative Party candidate to win the seat instead… for a […]

A long-running legal battle over how the most recent National Lottery supply contract was awarded could see media mogul Richard Desmond paid up to £200 million by the Gambling Commission. Desmond, who spearheaded the bid of Northern & Shell, has claimed that the regulator’s process was unfair and ‘seriously flawed.’ He launched a lawsuit against […]

When the UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, revealed her Autumn Budget, there was some surprise when she refused to increase taxes on profits for gambling operators. But at the same time, there was a feeling that if she hasn’t got us now, then it’s only a matter of time before she does. And perhaps that mindset […]

The fall-out from July’s election betting scandal continues to rumble on with a group of up to five people – including a politician – facing the possibility of criminal charges. According to Sky News, who refused to name their source, an investigation conducted by the Gambling Commission could lead to police arresting ‘at least three […]

Not many people escaped from the UK government’s autumn Budget unscathed as far as tax hikes are concerned, but the gambling sector – surprisingly to many – did. And so unexpected was the ‘tax relief’ that share prices for some of the largest operators in the industry have soared accordingly. It may well be the […]