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  01.06.2023

  United Kingdom

  The Gam­bling Re­view Whi­te Pa­per: Fi­nan­ci­al Risk Checks (AKA af­forda­bi­li­ty checks) for on­line ope­ra­tors

  One of the issues which prompted the most debate in the lead up to the White Paper has been the notion of ‘affordability checks’ for online operators i.e. whether – and the extent to which – gambling companies should be required to satisfy themselves that their customers can afford to spend the amounts that they have lost or may lose in future and, in order to do so, requiring customers to provide financial information, such as bank statements, payslips, tax returns etc., to evidence their income.The speculation and uncertainty over where the Government would land on this...

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  31.05.2023

  Ungarn

  Hun­ga­ry in­tro­du­ces new Whist­leb­lo­wer Pro­tec­tion Act

  On 25 May 2023, Hungary adopted Act XXV of 2023 on complaints, disclosures in public interest, and related rules on reporting abuses, which is commonly known as the Whistleblower Protection Act and transposes the EU’s 2019/1937 Whistleblower Directive. Organisations in Hungary have 60 days (i.e. until 24 July 2023) to establish or review their whistleblower systems to comply with the Whistleblower Protection Act.Which organisations are required to establish internal reporting channels?The Whistleblower Protection Act obligates organisations to establish internal reporting channels in two...

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  30.05.2023

  United Kingdom

  Gam­bling Whi­te Pa­per: On­line Pro­tec­tions – sta­ke li­mits, de­sign stan­dards, sin­gle cust­o­m­er view, and much mo­re

  Accompanying its proposals in respect of affordability checks in the White Paper (on which we will shortly be publishing a dedicated article), the Government has set out a raft of additional “online protection” initiatives designed to better protect customers when gambling online. The proposed protections are all built on the assumptions that there are not only aspects of online gambling - such as 24/7 accessibility and lack of human supervision - that pose particular risks for customers, but also that the online environment provides opportunities to ensure safer gambling. As the Government...

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  25.05.2023

  United Kingdom

  Ope­ra­tor that runs 10bet.co.uk re­aches re­gu­la­to­ry sett­le­ment with the Gam­bling Com­mis­si­on

  On 23 February 2023, the UK Gambling Commission (the “Commission”) announced that enforcement action against Blue Star Planet Limited (“Blue Star”), trading as 10Bet, concluded in the payment of a £620,000 regulatory settlement by the operator.Following a compliance assessment in June 2021 (the “Assessment”), the Commission commenced a licence review of Blue Star which found that between November 2019 and June 2021 there were failings in Blue Star’s anti-money laundering and social responsibility procedures and its reporting arrangements.Blue Star’s...

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  18.05.2023

  United Kingdom

  A Dia­mond An­ni­vers­a­ry: The ASA 2022 An­nu­al Re­port out­li­nes key prio­ri­ties af­ter 60 ye­ars of re­gu­la­ti­on

  The Advertising Standards Authority has published its 2022 annual report celebrating 60 years of ASA ad regulation. The report sets out the ways in which the ASA system has changed and evolved over time in response to societal concerns. It focuses on the ASA’s current goals and recent initiatives, including its work using AI and machine learning for proactive regulation and tackling issues including greenwashing, cryptocurrency ads and protecting children from being targeted by age-restricted ads.In 2022 31,227 ads were amended or withdrawn following ASA intervention. This is a significant...

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  12.05.2023

  United Kingdom

  The Gam­bling Re­view Whi­te Pa­per – the de­vil will be in the con­sul­ta­ti­ons

  On 27 April 2023, approaching 2½ years following the Government’s launch of its review of the Gambling Act 2005, the Government has published its White Paper outlining its proposed reforms.  The delay in publication may, in part, be explained by the 16,000 submissions to its Call for Evidence but certainly also due to there having been three Secretaries of State and six gambling ministers during that period (as well as two changes of Prime Minister and three of Chancellor). This is the first in a series of articles in which the CMS team will assess the implications of...

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