Eine BBC-Untersuchung zeigt, dass mehr als ein Drittel der Städte und Gemeinden in England und Wales im vergangenen Jahr keine einzige Spielstätte kontrolliert hat.

888 muss erneut eine Geldstrafe bezahlen, nachdem eine Untersuchung der Great Britain Gambling Commission eklatante Mängel im Spielerschutz und bei der Einhaltung des Geldwäschegesetzes aufgedeckt hat.

The bingo operators Gala and Mecca are in a regulatory face-off with the government and the Gambling Commission over the number of lucrative GBP 500 slot machines allowed in their clubs. Both operators have secured multiple licences for scores of bingo halls in order to boost the number of big-prize machines they are allowed to install. Their actions appear to circumvent limits set by the Gambling Act, which are designed to protect against problem gambling.

The UK Gambling Commission has assembled an international panel of experts as part of its ongoing research into the impact of high-stake high prize gaming machines on problem gamblers, as it prepares to report back to the Minister for Sport Gerry Sutcliffe by the end of June 2009. The panel members were confirmed earlier this month and are considering a number of questions on the British regulatory approach to gaming machines...

In the UK, the Gambling Commission regulatory body has released its latest statistics on the participation of adults in remote gambling from December of last year to September of 2008. The Commission tasked ICM Research to survey 2,000 adults every quarter and found that 9.3 % of the 8,000 respondents had participated in at least one form of remote gambling over the previous month. This compares with last year’s figure of 8.8 % and 2006’s 7.2 %.

In the UK, the Gambling Commission has announced a change in its structure that will also see Beryl Brown, Director of Policy and Communications, leave the regulatory body after over two years. Brown’s duties are to be taken over from next week by Matthew Hill, serving in the new role of Director of Strategy Research and Analysis where he will bring together the strategic and analytical parts of the Gambling Commission...

The Gambling Commission has today warned machine suppliers that time is rapidly running out for those who persist in ignoring the Gambling Act 2005. The Commission has identified illegal machine supply as one of its key priorities for enforcement action. The Commission’s Compliance and Enforcement team will be targeting illegal operators across the country in a renewed drive to rid the industry of the illegal trade.

In Britain, the Gambling Commission has announced that the Canadian First Nation enclave of Kahnawake along with Antigua are not to be white-listed for the purposes of advertising online gambling services in the UK. The Kahnawake licensing jurisdiction is home for hundreds of online gambling companies and the Gambling Commission gave no specific reason for the rejection.