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View image in fullscreen The Guardian view on gambling: a public health approach is a good bet Editorial The industry points the finger at individuals. But addiction is a social problem that requires prevention as well as cure The regulation of internet gambling was left out of the last government’s online harms bill. So far,

View image in fullscreen EasyGroup partners with offshore firm in punt on online sports betting Exclusive: EasyBet is a joint-venture with Triplebet that had its gambling licence temporarily suspended in 2020 Stelios Haji-Ioannou has stamped the Easy brand on everything from aeroplanes to pizza joints, with varying degrees of success. Now the billionaire entrepreneur is

View image in fullscreen Gambling poses huge global threat to public health, experts warn Lancet commission calls for gambling to be treated in same way as alcohol and tobacco after technology widens reach Gambling poses a growing worldwide threat to public health, with its rapid expansion via mobile phones and the internet harming far more

What Are Unlicensed Online Casinos? From a UK perspective, overseas unlicensed online casinos are gambling sites based outside of the UK that operate without regulation from the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). These casinos are often licensed in other jurisdictions like Malta, Curacao, or Gibraltar and are not bound by UK laws. Overseas unlicensed casinos operate

View image in fullscreen Major football codes and gambling firms directly lobbied Albanese’s office on ad ban, documents show NRL, AFL and betting companies intensified efforts to try to influence PM in lead-up to finals Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Newly released documents show how in the lead-up to

View image in fullscreen Arena Racing CEO urges reform to save racing from gambling tax fallout With the Treasury eying the gambling industry for additional tax revenue, arguments have increased on how best to bolstering British horse racing Martin Cruddace, the chief executive of the racecourse operator Arena Racing Company, has called for a cut

View image in fullscreen Sportsbet quietly drops novelty bets as investigations and advertising restrictions loom Australia’s largest sports betting company has stopped offering odds on events such as the Grammys, Survivor or the winner of the Triple J Hottest 100 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free

View image in fullscreen Shares in UK gambling firms fall £3bn amid talk of higher taxes in budget Thinktank reports saying sector should be hit with extra £900m to £3bn in levies prompts market selloff Shares in British gambling companies have dropped sharply, reducing the stock market value of large operators by more than £3bn,

View image in fullscreen Labour considers up to £3bn tax raid on gambling firms Treasury weighing proposals as chancellor attempts to plug £22bn hole in public finances The gambler who turned tables on bookies and lobbies for UK tax rise Rachel Reeves spends first 100 days in power trying to ride two horses Ministers are

View image in fullscreen Poacher turned gamekeeper: the gambler who turned tables on bookies and lobbies for UK tax rise Multimillionaire Derek Webb, a Labour donor, goes all-in with support for levy on online casinos and bookmakers Labour considers up to £3bn tax raid on gambling firms As a former professional poker player, Derek Webb

0:36 Tropicana casino in Las Vegas demolished in controlled implosion – video The Tropicana, a landmark hotel and the last true mob-era casino in Las Vegas, was reduced to rubble on Wednesday. The legendary haunt of the Rat Pack and the place James Bond said he had heard was quite comfortable in the 1971 film

View image in fullscreen Letters Bet365: gambling with people’s lives for profit Readers including a Bet365 employee respond to an article on how its founder, Denise Coates, became Britain’s richest woman, and express concerns over the impact of its success As an employee of Bet365 and native resident of Stoke-on-Trent, I was naturally attracted to

View image in fullscreen Denise Coates’ charity may have saved Bet365 more in tax than it has given to good causes Exclusive: Guardian analysis suggests foundation has reduced gambling group’s tax bill by as much as £140m A charity set up by the billionaire boss of Bet365, Denise Coates, may have saved her online gambling

View image in fullscreen ‘A target on their back’: college athletes face wave of abuse amid gambling boom Some states are moving to ban ‘proposition bets’, a type of side wager, but big firms are lobbying against it College athletes are facing “significant abuse” amid a surge in harassment unleashed by America’s gambling boom, according

She is the mastermind behind Bet365, the company that made it possible to gamble online any hour of the day or night. With a family fortune of £7.5bn, she pays her taxes and donates to charity. But is there a wider human cost to her huge success? By Rob Davies Any motorist or dog-walker traversing

As we draw to the end of our live news stream this Tuesday, here’s a look at what’s been keeping us busy: Qatar Airways has announced it intends to buy a 25% stake in Virgin Australia from its current owner Bain Capital. Julian Assange made his first public statement since release, where he claimed he

View image in fullscreen British gambling regulator prosecutes Sorare football game Gambling Commission accuses $4.3bn business promoted by Premier League of providing unlicensed gambling Britain’s Gambling Commission is to prosecute Sorare, a multibillion-pound company that makes a fantasy football game promoted by the Premier League, for providing unlicensed gambling. Sorare, which is valued at $4.3bn

View image in fullscreen Attempt to arrest Brazilian music star highlights boom in online gambling Arrest order for Gusttavo Lima, swiftly overturned, shows unregulated betting as criminal headache and health crisis In less than 24 hours, Gusttavo Lima, one of the most famous Brazilian country singers, sang at a rodeo in rural São Paulo state,

View image in fullscreen Calls for regulation of gambling ads in football as number of promotions soars Premier League fans exposed to almost 30,000 messages in one weekend despite restrictions, research finds Ministers have been urged to intervene to stop football clubs from setting their own rules on curbing gambling advertising, after research showed Premier

View image in fullscreen Half of Premier League clubs breaking code on gambling ads for children Review of gambling regulation finds clubs advertising gambling on pages aimed at, or featuring, minors Half of Premier League football clubs have advertised gambling on webpages aimed at, or featuring, under-18s, prompting concern about a voluntary code of conduct