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31 March 2020

PMLs: Maintenance or Renewal?

We have encountered some misunderstanding, not least on the part of the Gambling Commission (the “Commission”), as to the nature...

Julian Harris

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27 March 2020

Government Help for Gambling Businesses

In an effort to help businesses struggling in the face of the global coronavirus pandemic, the Government announced, on 17...

Francesca Burnett-Hall

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27 March 2020

Betting Without Sports & Product Diversification

Following the recent cancellation of almost all sporting events, and with future cancellations and postponements looking inevitable, licensees may be...

Lucy Paterson

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25 March 2020

The Gambling Commission’s Response to the Coronavirus Crisis

The world is currently facing its greatest health emergency since the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 and its worst economic...

Julian Harris

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21 February 2020

Four Lawyers Ranked in Chambers Global 2020

Four of Harris Hagan’s lawyers were individually ranked in the global rankings, for Gaming & Gambling, of the prestigious Chambers &...

Harris Hagan

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14 February 2020

Betting and Gaming Council Call for Crackdown on Black Market

The Betting and Gaming Council (“BGC”), the single industry group which represents British-licensed gambling operators, has called for the Government...

Lucy Paterson

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5 February 2020

Changing Mindsets

After a marked absence from ICE, Neil McArthur, the CEO of the Gambling Commission, gave a keynote speech at the...

Francesca Burnett-Hall

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3 February 2020

Gambling Commission Consults on Remote Key Equipment Changes

All online gambling businesses providing facilities for gambling have remote gambling equipment, known as “key equipment”. This is recorded in Schedule...

Francesca Burnett-Hall

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20 January 2020

Advice to the Gambling Commission on Actions to Reduce Online Harms

The Gambling Commission’s independent advisers, the Advisory Board for Safer Gambling (“ABSG”) and the Digital Advisory Panel (“DAP”) were tasked...

Bahar Alaeddini

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19 January 2020

NHS Concerns Over Gambling

On 14 January 2020, the head of mental health services in England, Claire Murdoch, penned a bold letter to the...

Bahar Alaeddini

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