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View image in fullscreen ‘Unwilling’ coroners failed us, say families of gambling addicts who took their own lives Relatives of those who committed suicide claim betting industry is not being held to account, report reveals Families of gambling addicts who took their own lives have told of being let down by the coroner service, which

View image in fullscreen Everton shirt sponsor Stake under investigation over social media posts Gambling company’s logo superimposed on images Advertising Standards Authority assessing the posts The Advertising Standards Authority is investigating the trend of social media posts which superimpose the logo of the gambling company Stake on to viral images, many of which feature

View image in fullscreen ‘They created a Vegas in 10 years’: photographing the hedonistic gambling mecca of Macau Photographer Adam Lampton discusses capturing the vice, cash and sheer excess of the special administrative region of China – a place built on contradictions “I am not a huge gambler,” says Adam Lampton. “The first time I

View image in fullscreen Billionaire Bet365 boss takes a 45% pay cut despite soaring profits Denise Coates paid herself £150m in salary and dividends last year – far below the £466m she collected in 2020 Britain’s highest-paid woman, the Bet365 billionaire Denise Coates, has given herself a 45% pay cut, receiving £150m in salary and

View image in fullscreen Consumers warned over offers of money to open betting accounts in their names UK specialists raise alarm over companies such as Moneyful promoting ‘easy money’ in exchange for personal details Consumers struggling to pay bills over the festive season have been urged not to sign up with companies that offer money

View image in fullscreen Resist ‘predatory’ Boxing Day gambling offers, say NHS bosses amid worsening crisis Barrage of gambling adverts likely to exacerbate addiction, as NHS in England doubles number of clinics to meet demand The “barrage” of betting advertisements around Boxing Day sporting fixtures will exacerbate Britain’s growing gambling problem, NHS bosses are warning.

View image in fullscreen ‘A serious disease’: Congress weighs federal gambling crackdown amid growing concerns With sports betting now legal in 38 states, experts worry that gambling addiction is on the rise A public health crisis is rapidly taking hold, Congress has been warned, with “all available evidence” pointing to an increase in problems surrounding

View image in fullscreen Richard Desmond set for court clash with regulator over National Lottery bid Exclusive: Tycoon rejects settlement offer from Gambling Commission linked to failed bid to run UK lottery The media tycoon Richard Desmond is set for a courtroom showdown with the Gambling Commission that could cost good causes tens of millions

View image in fullscreen Pizza Hut criticised over ‘dangerous’ takeaway promotion including free spins at online roulette Promotion offered casino games without knowing if customers were in recovery for gambling addiction, say campaigners Business live – latest updates Pizza Hut has been criticised for running a “dangerous” promotion that offered customers “free spins” at online

View image in fullscreen ‘Grooming our children’: politicians demand Sportsbet pull promotional filters from Snapchat Exclusive: Monique Ryan, Kate Chaney, Andrew Wilkie and Sarah Hanson-Young all call for gambling giant to remove the social media ads immediately Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Several federal politicians have urged Sportsbet to

View image in fullscreen Making sense of racing’s ‘£3bn black hole’ and affordability checks row Accusations have been thrown by both sides in betting dispute but there may be hope for racing amid the noise The increasingly frenzied cycle of claim and counterclaim over the impact of “affordability checks” on punters on the sport’s revenue

View image in fullscreen Australian children seeing gambling ads via Sportsbet filter on instant messaging app Snapchat Exclusive: Filters, including one that turns a person into a horse, include Sportsbet logos and direct 18+ users to open a gambling account Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Gambling ads from Sportsbet

View image in fullscreen ‘Serious and silly’: Radio 4 team behind Now Show replacement plan to break news as well as joking about it The broadcaster’s recently launched Naked Week will mix satirical humour and topical investigative journalism Radio 4’s new topical comedy show, which replaces the long-running The Now Show, will break the news,

View image in fullscreen Lindsay Hoyle must apologise for opening Betfred HQ, gambling reform campaigners say Decision brings Commons speaker’s role into disrepute, says Will Prochaska Anti-gambling campaigners have called on the Commons speaker to apologise after Sir Lindsay Hoyle opened Betfred’s multimillion-pound new HQ with a dedicated plaque. The Betfred HQ in Warrington was

View image in fullscreen Government confirms online slots cap and betting levy to fund NHS services Gambling minister says measures will be ‘instrumental’ in helping those most at risk of addiction Bookmakers and casinos will be forced to fund NHS services that tackle problem gambling, after Labour rubber-stamped the previous government’s plans, which also include

View image in fullscreen Labour poised to announce £100m levy on gambling companies Money to be used to fund education and treatment of gambling harms in plans to be unveiled as soon as this week Casinos and bookmakers in Great Britain will be forced to pay a £100m-a-year levy to fund research, education and treatment

View image in fullscreen Widow of gambling addict lambasts watchdog’s failure to investigate suicides Exclusive: Annie Ashton, whose husband killed himself, says more people will die because of Gambling Commission inaction The widow of a man who took his own life after becoming addicted to gambling says more people will die because the regulator is

View image in fullscreen Fanduel network shows an industry bought and paid for by gambling Amid the normalization of gambling, betting companies are resembling broadcasters and vice versa – and coverage is rapidly becoming a tangled web of vested interests In sports broadcasting’s equivalent of a team changing its colors from red to blue in

View image in fullscreen TechScape: Betting markets come for everything – and the FBI comes for a betting market This week in tech news, online predictors are riding high after a slew of accurate US election wagers. Plus, Trump and Musk try to weaponize the communications regulator Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign

View image in fullscreen Great Britain ‘lags behind’ Europe on betting ad regulation, says gambling charity Public health concerns fuel restrictions across comparable markets, yet UK remains ‘lenient’ Great Britain “lags behind” Europe on measures to restrict betting adverts, according to a report released days after official data showed a sharp increase in the number