The Remote Gambling Association (“the RGA”) has today published guidance to help licensed gambling operators to comply with their obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The Remote Gambling Association (RGA) today announced that it would urge the Government to introduce a statutory levy to replace the current system of voluntary funding for research, education, and treatment of problem gambling…

1st June 2017 – The Remote Gambling Association (“the RGA”) announced today that Gamstop would be the name of the national online self-exclusion scheme which it agreed to design and implement to meet the aims of the Gambling Commission’s Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice.

The Remote Gambling Association (RGA) announced today that it has retained the services of KPMG to (i) undertake a scoping study which will help to shape the development of NOSES; and (ii) to support and advise the RGA during the implementation process.

8th February 2016 – Keith Bristow QPM, who recently retired as Director-General of the UK National Crime Agency, has been appointed as the first chairman of the Gambling Anti-Money Laundering Group (GAMLG).

The Remote Gambling Association (RGA), has today published the Second Edition of its publication, ‘Anti-money laundering: Good practice guidelines for the online gambling industry’.

Lisbon, 28th January 2015 – Online sporting bets would generate €20M more revenue to the State until 2018 if the taxes were based on Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR). The current proposal based on betting turnover, and the revenue the Government will receive will remain at €17 million, until 2018. This conclusion was presented…

At the Greek Gaming Conference 2014 today the RGA will outline its concerns about the Greek online gambling regime and will make the case instead for the introduction of an open, regulated and fairly taxed market that would be to the benefit of both the Government and Greek consumers. The Remote Gambling Association (“the RGA”) has consistently…

The General Court of the EU issued a ruling at first instance in the Danish State aid case (T-601/11 Dansk Automat Brancheforening v. Commission & T-615/11 Royal Scandinavian Casino Århus v Commission) and upheld the European Commission’s decision, confirming that the Danish regime instituting a lower tax for online gambling…

Brussels, 18 September 2014: The European regulated betting industry welcomes the Council of Europe’s Convention on match-fixing, which aims to prevent the manipulation of sports results. The EGBA, ESSA, and the RGA, believe that it represents a relatively positive and potentially significant development in the fight against sport and betting…

Brussels and London, 15 September 2014: In the week when Ministers from around 50 countries are expected to sign a new match-fixing Convention in Switzerland, the regulated betting industry, represented by the ABB, EGBA, ESSA and RGA has published a report entitled Sports Betting: Commercial and Integrity Issues to help inform…

The Remote Gambling Association (RGA) has noted the opposition of Santa Casa da Misericordia de Lisboa (“SCML”) to the government’s plans to regulate the online sports betting market, but the RGA believes that a viable and competitive market in the future would benefit not just consumers and the government, but Santa Casa as well.