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The Latest Breaking News from Gambling Commission

National lottery: Richard Desmond takes legal action over licence award

Billionaire follows Camelot in high court bids to overturn decision to let Czech firm Allwyn run draw

The Guardian - UK

Gambling firms in Great Britain to face tougher rules on preventing harm

Gambling Commission says repeated failures by bookmakers and casinos necessitate a directive approach

The Guardian - UK

New National Lottery operator warns Russian sanctions could hit business

Allwyn’s parent company has links to Russian gas giant Gazprom, which has led to questions over its suitability being raised in Parliament.

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Office Grand National sweepstake could break the law because of Covid

Lawyers say there are five rules you have to follow to avoid legal problems

Wales Online

Camelot in legal action over decision to end its licence to run National Lottery

'Despite lengthy correspondence, the commission has failed to provide a satisfactory response'

Wales Online

National lottery: Camelot launches high court challenge over losing licence

Group says Gambling Commission got it ‘badly wrong’ when deciding to hand operation of draw to Allwyn

The Guardian - UK

‘I don’t want what happened to my husband happening to anyone else’: the widow campaigning for gambling law reform

It was only after Annie Ashton’s husband Luke took his own life that she realised he had been gambling in secret – sometimes up to 100 times a day on his phone. She wants urgent changes to the way the betting industry operates

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National Lottery firm fined after players are incorrectly told they had losing tickets

Up to 20,000 customers are said to have been impacted by the massive blunder.

Daily Record

Gambling addiction could be nine times higher than industry claims

Landmark study finds 1.4m being harmed and 1.5m at risk as government readies to unveil reform

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of lottery winners told they had lost in major blunder

National Lottery operator, Camelot, has been fined £3.15million after 20,000 people were told their winning tickets had actually lost

Daily Mirror

National Lottery operator Camelot fined £3.15 million for giving incorrect results

The Gambling Commission has fined the lottery operator after people were accidentally told they did not have winning tickets

Evening Standard

National Lottery operator Camelot fined £3.15m for three app failures

The fine follows errors, which affected tens of thousands of players, on Camelot’s mobile app.

The Independent UK

Billionaire with Russian links wins deal to operate Britain's National Lottery

The Gambling Commission has chosen Allwyn, owned by Czech tycoon Karel Komarek, as its 'preferred bidder' to operate the National Lottery licence from 2024. The decision is a blow to Camelot

Daily Mirror

Camelot loses licence to run National Lottery after 28 years

A fiercely contested bidding process has been under way between four parties to win the licence

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Daily Record

National Lottery set for major change as Camelot loses licence for draw

The draw will be transferred to a rival company after being operated by Camelot for more than 30 years.

Birmingham Post

Camelot set to lose licence for National Lottery after 30 years

Allwyn is now the preferred applicant to take over the venture in 2024

The Guardian - UK

Camelot to lose licence to run UK national lottery after 28 years

Gambling Commission names rival Allwyn as its preferred applicant to take over licence

The Independent UK

Camelot set to lose licence to run National Lottery after 28 years

Gambling Commission names rival Allwyn Entertainment as preferred applicant to take on venture - but questions emerge over firm’s links to the Kremlin

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Daily Mirror

Camelot set to be stripped of licence to run National Lottery after 28 years

The Gambling Commission has today named European rival Allwyn Entertainment as its "preferred applicant" to take on the National Lottery after 28 years under Camelot control

The Guardian - UK

Betting firm 888 fined £9.4m after customers lost thousands in pandemic

Gambling Commission warns online firm’s licence in doubt after it failed to ensure people could afford bets

The Independent UK

Online gambling business 888 fined £9.4m

The fine – one of the Gambling Commission’s largest to date – follows social responsibility and money laundering failings.

Daily Mirror

Betting firm fined £3.8million for letting NHS nurse gamble £245,000 life savings

A Maltese company which runs online casinos has been slapped with a massive fine after a series of failures, the Gambling Commission said, including not checking where customers' cash came from

The Independent UK

Gambling Commission hits online casino firm Genesis with £3.8m fine

The commission suspended the company’s licence for three months last year but lifted it after improvements by the firm.

The Guardian - UK

MPs criticise UK gambling regulator for trying to reduce addiction

Exclusive: findings in draft excerpt of MP group’s report are described by campaigner as ‘ludicrous’

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