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View image in fullscreen Letters Bet365: gambling with people’s lives for profit Readers including a Bet365 employee respond to an article on how its founder, Denise Coates, became Britain’s richest woman, and express concerns over the impact of its success As an employee of Bet365 and native resident of Stoke-on-Trent, I was naturally attracted to

View image in fullscreen Denise Coates’ charity may have saved Bet365 more in tax than it has given to good causes Exclusive: Guardian analysis suggests foundation has reduced gambling group’s tax bill by as much as £140m A charity set up by the billionaire boss of Bet365, Denise Coates, may have saved her online gambling

View image in fullscreen ‘A target on their back’: college athletes face wave of abuse amid gambling boom Some states are moving to ban ‘proposition bets’, a type of side wager, but big firms are lobbying against it College athletes are facing “significant abuse” amid a surge in harassment unleashed by America’s gambling boom, according

She is the mastermind behind Bet365, the company that made it possible to gamble online any hour of the day or night. With a family fortune of £7.5bn, she pays her taxes and donates to charity. But is there a wider human cost to her huge success? By Rob Davies Any motorist or dog-walker traversing

As we draw to the end of our live news stream this Tuesday, here’s a look at what’s been keeping us busy: Qatar Airways has announced it intends to buy a 25% stake in Virgin Australia from its current owner Bain Capital. Julian Assange made his first public statement since release, where he claimed he

View image in fullscreen British gambling regulator prosecutes Sorare football game Gambling Commission accuses $4.3bn business promoted by Premier League of providing unlicensed gambling Britain’s Gambling Commission is to prosecute Sorare, a multibillion-pound company that makes a fantasy football game promoted by the Premier League, for providing unlicensed gambling. Sorare, which is valued at $4.3bn

View image in fullscreen Calls for regulation of gambling ads in football as number of promotions soars Premier League fans exposed to almost 30,000 messages in one weekend despite restrictions, research finds Ministers have been urged to intervene to stop football clubs from setting their own rules on curbing gambling advertising, after research showed Premier

View image in fullscreen Half of Premier League clubs breaking code on gambling ads for children Review of gambling regulation finds clubs advertising gambling on pages aimed at, or featuring, minors Half of Premier League football clubs have advertised gambling on webpages aimed at, or featuring, under-18s, prompting concern about a voluntary code of conduct

View image in fullscreen Attempt to arrest Brazilian music star highlights boom in online gambling Arrest order for Gusttavo Lima, swiftly overturned, shows unregulated betting as criminal headache and health crisis In less than 24 hours, Gusttavo Lima, one of the most famous Brazilian country singers, sang at a rodeo in rural São Paulo state,

View image in fullscreen Gambling study says £2.7bn bet annually on hidden-market websites Betting and Gaming Council estimates real figure could be £4.3bn – but enforcement is only ‘part of solution’ Gamblers in Great Britain are betting £2.7bn a year through hidden-market websites, according to a lobby group that claims stricter regulation of the licensed

View image in fullscreen Gambling firm appears to trivialise Lebanon pager blasts in social media post London-listed Evoke, which owns William Hill, apologises for post on Israeli Facebook page linking to job ads The gambling company that owns the William Hill, 888 and Mr Green brands has apologised after one of its social media accounts

View image in fullscreen Sky Betting & Gaming reprimanded for unlawfully sharing users’ personal data ICO says online gambling company passed customers’ information to advertising technology companies The online gambling company Sky Betting & Gaming has been reprimanded by the data regulator for unlawfully sharing customers’ information with advertising companies that could then target those

View image in fullscreen The nation keeps on gambling, and Team GB keep on winning gold medals Barney Ronay The national lottery funding elite sport still sounds like a good idea, and yet it has developed a somewhat sinister edge It is almost 30 years since the first televised national lottery draw, an anniversary that

What Are Low Stakes Casino Destinations? First up, it makes sense to explain exactly what is meant by low stakes casino destinations. These are casinos where it is possible to play with a small amount of money, rather than ones where the minimum bet is set at a level where players need to be high

What is Skrill? Think of Skrill as the seasoned poker player in the e-wallet world. It’s been around the block, knows the game inside out, and has a reputation for being fast, reliable, and, most importantly, secure. Skrill is an e-wallet designed for the digital age. It allows you to store money online and make

View image in fullscreen Labour urged to impose stricter controls on gambling ads Campaigners say MPs should overturn previous government’s decision not to strengthen restrictions Labour ministers are under pressure to overturn the previous government’s “bizarre” decision not to impose stricter regulation on gambling advertising, particularly around sport, from politicians, campaigners and figures from the

View image in fullscreen How Australians became the world’s biggest gamblers The prevalence of slot machines – known as pokies – in pubs and clubs across the country and betting on sport has created a culture of wagering It is a quiet night in Fairfield, in Sydney’s western suburbs. Inside a small brick building, a

View image in fullscreen Online gambling industry has negative impact on UK economy, says thinktank Campaign for Fairer Gambling report claims betting ‘had the effect of reducing economic activity by £1.3bn per year’ Ministers face calls to impose higher taxes on the multibillion-pound online gambling industry as a report claims it has had a “negative

View image in fullscreen Gambling’s glitter is blinding US policymakers to its social costs Felicia Grondin As gambling revenue has increased in recent years, so has the need for gambling prevention and treatment – but the industry has largely avoided this issue The gambling industry contributes billions to the US economy, provides jobs and has

View image in fullscreen US gambling sector’s ‘relentless’ social media posts breached own rules, study claims Exclusive: University of Bristol academics say gambling industry code ‘not being followed’ after analysis of social media posts by leading firms As gambling companies target social media users, the four leading online brands appear to be routinely breaching the