by Brian Taylor | Sep 9, 2026 | News
A report Evolution paid for, fought to keep sealed, and publicly described as its exoneration is finally on the record, and its fiercest rival says it proves the company’s guilt. Five years into the strangest war in gambling, the ammunition has changed hands...
by Brian Taylor | Sep 2, 2026 | News
News Licence suspension The Gambling Commission has suspended both of Nic Brereton’s bookmakers at once, the racing-mad BresBet and its six-month-old sibling Bet St George, over suspected money laundering prevention and safer gambling failures. After a summer of...
by Brian Taylor | Aug 26, 2026 | News
News Enforcement The Quinn family’s bookmaker will pay £609,104 for anti-money-laundering and safer-gambling failures, joining a procession that shows no sign of slowing down. Before anyone blames this year’s new laws for another operator in the dock,...
by Brian Taylor | Aug 19, 2026 | News
News Politics & the high street Britain has a new Prime Minister, and barely a month into the job, Andy Burnham has picked his first fight with the gambling industry, branding betting shops part of a wave of “dodgy businesses” hollowing out the high...
by Brian Taylor | Aug 5, 2026 | News
News White labels & regulation The regulator’s new money laundering risk report singles out weak scrutiny of white-label partnerships, the arrangement behind a huge slice of Britain’s casino brands. We’ve seen what happens when the Commission...
by Brian Taylor | Jul 29, 2026 | News
News Prize draws & tax First the casinos, then the bookies, now the win-a-house crowd. HMRC says paid prize draw entries attract 20% VAT, operators are warning of gutted margins and backdated bills, and a sector built on not being gambling is discovering what not...
