Two UK gaming groups to be dissolved as a new one emerges
The Remote Gambling Association (RGA) and Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) in the U.K. will be consolidated into single unit – the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC).
Gambling trade associations in UK join forces
Gambling associations are creating a new trade group that would lobby politicians in an effort to have a greater voice in the anti-gambling roar in UK.
UK MPs target Remote Gaming Duty to hasten FOBT stake cut
UK MPs sign budget amendments blocking hike in Remote Gaming Duty unless fixed-odds betting terminal stake cuts advanced to April 2019.
UK bookmakers feel the heat after self-exclusion fails
UK Gambling Commission expresses 'concern' after BBC investigative team points out flaws in UK bookmakers' self-exclusion scheme.
GambleAware open to statutory levy to meet funding targets
The UK's GambleAware problem gambling charity says it's open to the idea of a statutory levy on gambling operators to ensure it meets its funding goals.
UK bookies push back against Labour’s anti-FOBT manifesto
Association of British Bookmakers slams Labour manifesto's call for cutting fixed-odds betting terminal stakes and requiring longer breaks between spins.
UK bookies crow ‘I told you so’ after MPs FOBT report spanked
UK bookmakers say 'I told you so' after a parliamentary report on fixed-odds betting terminals is found to have breached parliamentary standards.
GambleAware skeptical of MPs push for FOBT stake reduction
A group of UK MPs renew call for reducing fixed-odds betting terminal maximum stake to £2, but GambleAware report says "not the most effective option."
British Bookies are a no-show at FOBT APPG meeting calling it a kangaroo court
The Association of British Bookmakers failed to show up for the latest FOBTs APPG stating that it's ‘nothing but a kangaroo court.'
