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View image in fullscreen ‘I lost 10 years of my life’: how UK betting giant’s unlawful marketing kept suicidal gambler hooked Sam found himself getting sucked deeper and deeper in to betting, sometimes risking £11,000 in a day. Now a judge has ruled he was unlawfully targeted At 1.17pm on 15 August 2018, Sam* logged

View image in fullscreen UK betting giants under fire for ads targeting at-risk gamblers Judge condemns firm for use of customer’s data after problem gambler was sent 1,300 emails over two years ‘I lost 10 years of my life’: how UK betting giant’s unlawful marketing kept suicidal gambler hooked Gambling companies in Britain could be

View image in fullscreen How the quick high of ‘fast-food gambling’ ensnared young men Betting companies are making huge amounts from the confidence of young, male customers who think they can beat the system Watching televised sports in 2025 can feel a little like sitting through one long gambling commercial, interspersed by occasional flashes of

View image in fullscreen Gamblers complain to Bet365 over outage during Champions League matches Online gambling firm’s service ‘issues’ left bettors apparently unable to ‘cash out’ on busy night in European football The online gambling company Bet365 has been flooded with complaints after it suffered an outage during one of the busiest nights of European

View image in fullscreen MPs in new freebie row after accepting darts hospitality from betting firm Labour’s James Frith and Conservative Caroline Nokes gifted tickets by Paddy Power worth up to £1,000 each Two MPs received VIP tickets for the sold-out World Darts Championships courtesy of a betting company – weeks after a national outcry

View image in fullscreen KPMG under investigation over audit of gambling company Entain FRC confirms inquiry into accounting firm’s 2022 audit of Ladbrokes, Coral and Sportingbet owner Business live – latest updates The accounting firm KPMG is under investigation by the sector’s UK regulator over its audit of the 2022 accounts of the gambling company

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