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The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) launches its first International Best Practice Guide
Standards body The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has launched its first International Best Practice Guide, a vital new resource for online gaming operators and policymakers around the world. The guide, commissioned by The Betting and Gaming Council and compiled by leading professional services firm Alvarez and Marsal (A&M), sets out core objectives for policymakers,…
American Gaming Association, European Casino Association, and Betting & Gaming Council forge strategic dialogue to address global gaming challenges
The American Gaming Association (AGA), European Casino Association (ECA), and the Betting & Gaming Council (BGC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that marks the beginning of a collaboration grounded in shared industry values and priorities. The MOU formalizes a commitment among the three associations to address key issues facing the global gaming industry including illegal gambling, responsible gaming, innovation,…
Regulatory change at forefront of BGC message to incoming UK Labour government
The Betting and Gaming Council has welcomed Labour’s General Election victory and committed to working with the new government to deliver a world class betting and gaming industry. Labour secured a landslide victory after the nation went to the polls on Thursday, July 4. Before the election, Labour pledged to work with industry in its manifesto,…
UK – BGC warns against new Treasury measure becoming a ‘trojan horse’ to raise taxes
The Betting and Gaming Council has urged the Chancellor against using a proposed new gambling tax simplification measure to further raise taxes which will threaten sports including horse racing. In the Autumn Statement, the Government confirmed it will consult on new proposals to bring remote betting into a single tax, replacing the current three-tax structure….
UK – Betting and Gaming Council welcomes new Minister and urges publication of White Paper without delay
Standards body the Betting and Gaming Council has congratulated Lucy Frazer MP on becoming the new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and urged her to publish the Gambling White Paper without delay. BGC chief executive Michael Dugher welcomed her appointment to Cabinet on behalf of the 110,000 people whose jobs rely on…
UK – Scottish betting shops ordered to switch off gaming machines following government U-turn
Betting shops in Scotland have been ordered to switch off their gaming machines, just days after the Scottish Government announced it was lifting the controversial ban. In an apparent U-turn, bookmakers have been told that their customers must not be allowed to play the machines until further notice. The surprising move came despite the Scottish…
UK – British Gambling industry unites once more for Safer Gambling Week
The UK Gambling Industry, led by the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), The Bingo Association (BA) and the British Amusement Catering Trade Association (bacta), has today announced that Safer Gambling Week 2020 will take place from November 19 to 25. The annual campaign builds on the success of Responsible Gambling Week, which began in 2017…
Brazil – Paddy Power supports BgC
Director and CEOs from Ladbrokes, Paddy Power, Lottomatica, Intralot, Inspired Gaming Group, GLI, Danish Gambling Authority and Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency are meeting at the first Brasilian Gaming Congress in November in Rio de Janeiro to showcase how sensible and well-executed regulation of sportsbetting can contribute to preserving the integrity of sports. With the…
