Gambling

A major review of UK gambling laws has been announced alongside an increase in the minimum age for playing the National Lottery from 16 to 18. The review of the Gambling Act 2005 will look at online restrictions including stake and spend limits, advertising and promotional offers, and the powers of

Legislation modernising the licensing and promotion of local gaming and lottery activity has been brought into effect. The government has described the Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 2019 as an "interim reform measure pending the comprehensive reform of gambling in Ireland".

Plans to regulate gambling in Northern Ireland are due to be set out after a public consultation found overwhelming support for a new independent regulator. Around 90 per cent of 382 responses to the Department for Communities' consultation on gambling laws supported the establishment of a regulator

A new ban on gambling with credit cards should be extended to Northern Ireland, the Alliance Party has said. The ban came into effect across Great Britain with effect from yesterday following reviews and consultations by the Gambling Commission and the UK government.

Online gambling business Betway is to pay £11.6 million for a series of social responsibility and money laundering failings linked to dealings with seven of its high spending customers. In one instance, the operator failed to carry out source of funds checks on a ‘VIP’ customer who

Proposals to establish an independent statutory Irish gambling regulatory authority have been given the go-ahead by ministers. The new authority, to be formed under the auspices of the Department of Justice, forms the key plank of the report of the Inter-Departmental Working Group on the Future Lice