This section is the site’s news desk, and it works to one rule. The take that is correct beats the take that is quickest. We would rather publish a day after the headlines with the context and the caveats than race to rewrite someone’s press release, so the coverage here tends to arrive second and hold up better.
The beat is weighted on purpose. Most of it is UK regulatory news, because that is where honest reporting is scarcest and matters most. Gambling Commission settlements get named to the operator rather than left vague. Duty and levy changes get explained for the brands you actually play at, not kept abstract. Around that sits US and Canada market news, where regulated play is opening unevenly and the picture moves month to month. Every post is bylined, written to our published editorial standards, and corrected in the open when we get something wrong. We have run independently since 2011.
Flutter has put the first hard number on what April’s tax rise is costing the companies behind Britain’s biggest bingo sites. In its second-quarter results, […]
Tombola’s Owner Says the UK’s 40% Tax Will Cost It $320m Read More »
The most argued-about change in British gambling regulation finally has dates and numbers attached, and a paper trail worth reading. Financial risk assessments, the checks
UKGC Affordability Checks Explained: First Trigger Is £5,000 Read More »
When a gambling firm pays for its compliance failures in Britain, the money now goes to the Treasury. All of it. The Gambling Commission confirmed
UKGC Settlements Will Now Fund the Treasury, Not Treatment Read More »
The bingo hall is not what it was. Rank’s own venue list now runs to 41 Mecca clubs across Britain, roughly half the estate the
Mecca Is Down to 41 Bingo Halls, and Still Shrinking Read More »
Real-money online casino gaming is legal in seven US states. In almost none of them can you sit down to a game of online bingo
Seven US States Allow Online Casino. Barely Any Offer Bingo Read More »
A Gambling Commission licence gets 25% dearer this October. That, at least, is the figure every trade write-up ran with once the Department for Culture,
UKGC Licence Fees Rise 25% From October: Who Actually Pays Read More »
Another payout from Betfred to the regulator. This time it’s £900,000, agreed on Tuesday by Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited, the licence holder behind betfred.com, to settle
Betfred to Pay £900k in Third UKGC Action in Nine Months Read More »
Alberta’s regulated online gambling market opened on 13 July, and it arrived with a long guest list. Dozens of casino and sportsbook brands have cleared
Alberta’s Online Market Opens 13 July With Almost No Bingo Read More »
Bally’s Intralot has agreed to buy Evoke plc, the group that owns William Hill, in a deal worth around £243 million. The announcement landed at
Bally’s Buys Evoke: What It Means for William Hill Bingo Read More »
There’s a date doing the rounds in the Irish gambling press this month, and if you play bingo or casino games online from Ireland, it’s
Ireland’s 30 June GRAI Deadline Doesn’t Cover Online Bingo Read More »
At the Bingo Association’s annual general meeting in May, the regulator’s acting chief executive set out a date most operators have quietly circled. From 29
Bingo Halls Must Pull Flagged Machines Under New UKGC Rule Read More »
The UK’s flagship gambling survey says 3.3% of adults have played bingo, a figure the bingo industry thought looked far too high against its own
Does the UK’s Gambling Survey Overcount Bingo Players? Read More »