‘A seaside amusement arcade has been ordered to pay back more than £300 to an eight-year-old girl because they refused to give her a prize.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Bet365, one of the internet’s biggest bookmakers, is facing legal action from a customer over its failure to transfer a £54,000 balance to her bank account despite repeated requests over a period of months. While refusing to release the backer’s winnings on a series of horse racing bets, Bet365 also told her that she would be restricted to a maximum stake of £1 if she wished to bet with the balance but was welcome to gamble as much as she wished on gaming products, which have a guaranteed margin for the operator.’
The Guardian, 28th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The bookmaker Betfred has agreed to an £800,000 settlement after accepting stolen cash from a “VIP” customer, who was allegedly offered free drinks and day trips to encourage him to keep betting.’
The Guardian, 14th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A gambling ad featuring a hand nailed to a piece of wood that ran over Easter has been banned for mocking the crucifixion of Jesus and the Christian religion.’
The Guardian, 18th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two organisers of illegal commercial poker tournaments have been ordered to pay £32,000 in fines and costs following a prosecution brought by the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th May 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Damning Gambling Commission report reveals how racing risks being caught in the crossfire over the row raging about the high street betting shop machines.’
The Guardian, 1st March 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Bookmaker Paddy Power encouraged a problem gambler to keep betting until he lost five jobs, his home and access to his children, according to a report by the Gambling Commission.’
The Guardian, 29th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Gambling Commission has the power to refuse applications for gambling operating licences if approving them would be inconsistent with the Gambling Act’s licensing objectives even if the applicants satisfy all other criteria necessary for obtaining those licences, a regulatory tribunal has confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th February 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘An online bingo addict who murdered her elderly uncle in his own home and stole his money has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 9th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Gambling operators would face practical difficulties in adhering to new anti-crime controls proposed by the British Gambling Commission, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 7th October 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The element of chance in a computerised slot machine connected to a separate random number generator (RNG) was still “provided by means of the machine” for the purposes of VAT legislation, meaning that the takings from that machine were subject to VAT, the UK’s highest court has confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th July 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Rank Group plc v Revenue and Customs Comrs: [2015] UKSC 48; [2015] WLR (D) 299
‘Slot machines operating through multi-terminal systems in which random number generators (“RNGs”) were housed separately from the terminals were to be treated as composite machines providing players with an element of chance in the game within the meaning of section 26 of the Gaming Act 1968 and Group 4, item 1, note (3) of Schedule 9 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994. The takings from such machines were, accordingly, not exempt but liable to value added tax.’
WLR Daily, 8th July 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Courts should not dismiss an application for judicial review solely on the grounds that one party has not complied with its duty to disclose all necessary facts and issues if doing so would not be in the interests of justice, one of the UK’s highest courts has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th June 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A woman has been jailed for 16 years for setting a trap which led to the “pitiless and wicked” murder of a professional gambler for the sake of his winnings.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Bridge, the genteel and physically unchallenging card game played by millions, may exercise the brain muscle, but is it a sport?’
The Guardian, 27th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A woman who stole nearly £300,000 from one of Cambridge’s most famous colleges as she squandered more than £6 million on bingo has been jailed.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘In recent years, there has been a seemingly unending string of cases relating to whether certain activities constitute trading. Ewan Leslie James McMorris v HMRC[1]is the latest case to consider the circumstances in which a taxpayer may deduct losses incurred from his other income under section 64, Income Tax Act 2007 (ITA).’
RPC Tax Take, 13th February 2015
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
‘The case against 13 footballers investigated over alleged spot-fixing has been dropped due to “insufficient evidence”, the CPS has said.’
BBC News, 15th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ivey v Genting Casinos UK Ltd (trading as Crockfords Club) [2014] EWHC 3394 (QB); [2014] WLR (D) 504
‘The question whether the conduct of a party to a gaming contract amounted to cheating at common law for the purposes of the civil law, thereby breaching an implied term in the contract that the player would not cheat, was to be determined by the court applying an objective standard to the conduct complained of.’
WLR Daily, 8th October 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The newspaper advert, which offered a date with a Page 3 model as a prize, has been criticised by the Advertising Standards Authority.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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