How exciting. The long awaited white paper on Gambling Regulation. Years in the making. Leak after leak in the media as to what it will contain. I might be alone but I couldn’t be more underwhelmed by it. It changes so little in reality. I won’t discuss the finer details of the white paper. We … Continue reading 166. White Paper
The story about the man who was given a five year prison sentence for offences relating to multiple betting accounts and potentially chargebacks really just confirmed a long held belief. The industry is so dodgy. The full details are still not clear as to exactly what happened. As a punter though if we want to … Continue reading 165. Criminals
The current policy by the betting companies with regard to affordability checks is so misguided and in many instances is encouraging the opposite behaviours of what was intended. Some of the policies actually discourage responsible gambling. I have touched on it before but it was highlighted again to me this week through a good friend. … Continue reading 164. Affordability Checks (4)
It’s always interesting to see stories from the betting world hit the mainstream media and that is what happened yesterday with the news of the huge William Hill fine. The problems arise from the coverage and debate that follows. At the moment there is simply no middle ground when discussing some of these sensitive subjects. … Continue reading 163. Middle Ground
Just a gentle reminder after Cheltenham last week when you couldn’t place a bet for £10 on a favourite at even money. When we are given the sob stories by the bookmaking fraternity in the Racing Post about how the Black Market will rule the world and ruin their businesses. How Affordability Checks are endangering … Continue reading 162. Huge Profits
I think it’s fascinating to see the current landscape in North America since some of the betting markets have become regulated. North America still feels so many years behind the UK atm. I am talking about the mass market participants. There is always a lot of criticism from North American operators about the European soft … Continue reading 161. North America
So it became apparent last week that Single Customer View would be launched on a trial basis amongst the biggest betting companies (Flutter, Entain, Will Hill, Bet365). So what will Single Customer View do? How will it affect you? In essence it will enable bookmakers to share information between themselves in a bid to stop … Continue reading 160. Single Customer View
This tweet could pretty much apply to any of the US based exchanges. However, we will talk about Sporttrade as it seems to be the frontrunner in certain jurisdictions at the moment. Important to remember that exchanges are in their formative stages in the US. I should put out a proviso here. Alex Kane who … Continue reading 159. Sporttrade
So in Tweet 156 we talked about ‘Golden Betting Accounts’. The problem is that these days it is almost impossible to access such accounts in your own name or those close to you. So you might have to ask someone else to place bets on your behalf. The person placing those bets on behalf of … Continue reading 158. Beard Accounts
There is one aspect I love about this industry. It provides a perfect example in 2023 of what media manipulation, corruption, propaganda, hidden agendas, misaligned incentives and sheer incompetence look like. There in our faces everyday. Let’s have a look at some of the recent headlines from the Racing Post. The £40 million blow: how … Continue reading 157. Racing Post Survey
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