‘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
‘Organisations which provide or advertise remote gambling facilities in Great Britain must now be licensed by the Gambling Commission regardless of where those organisations are based in the world, under new rules that come into force tomorrow [1 November].’
OUT-LAW.com, 31st October 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A former Virgin Atlantic pilot who blew a fortune on the gaming tables of Las Vegas has been jailed for 14-years after being convicted of orchestrating an audacious £30 million mortgage fraud.’
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 13th October 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A legal challenge against UK government plans to reform remote gambling regulation and licensing in Great Britain has failed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th October 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Professional poker player Phil Ivey has lost a High Court battle against the owners of a London casino over his £7.7m winnings.’
BBC News, 8th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A new regulatory and licensing regime for online and other remote gambling activity in Great Britain is set to come into effect from the beginning of next month after the UK parliament passed an order specifying 1 October as the date of commencement for the new regime.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th September 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Three of the four big high street bookmakers have signed up to a new voluntary watchdog in the hope of preempting a raft of tough statutory measures that threaten the prevalence of betting shops, high-speed roulette machines and aggressive punter-recruitment adverts promising “free money”.’
The Guardian, 15th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Complaints over an advert showing Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue and a bikini-clad woman have been upheld by the advertising watchdog.’
BBC News, 6th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The son of a renowned philatelist who stole part of his late father’s stamp collection to fund his obsession with a single fruit machine in a bookmaker’s shop has been spared jail after his mother asked for leniency.’
The Guardian, 5th August 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A gambling addict is suing the Ritz casino after betting and losing £2m in one evening.’
BBC News, 3rd July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Administrators are often faced with a large number of retention of title (“ROT”) claims from suppliers who demand a quick adjudication of their claim, frequently on the back of incomplete evidence, and in the days immediately following an appointment when administrators’ resources are stretched. The recent decision Blue Monkey Gaming Ltd v Hudson & others [2014] EWHC (Ch)provides some useful guidance for both administrators and ROT claimants.’
Full story (PDF)
11 Stone Buildings, June 2014
Source: www.11sb.com
‘Two businessmen and a footballer convicted of plotting to fix the results of football matches have been jailed.’
BBC News, 20th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘On 17th June 2012 the Daily Star Sunday published an article about Jimmy White, the well-known professional snooker player, and John Callaghan, a friend and fan of Mr White. The article was in hard copy and online editions and remained online until 17th August 2012.’
Full story (PDF)
Zenith Chambers, 27th May 2014
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 published
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
‘Remote gambling operators in Great Britain (GB) will be forced to ensure that they source their gambling software from a GB licensed provider to remain compliant with a new licensing regime being brought into force.’
OUT-LAW.com, 6th May 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
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