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Labour poised to announce £100m levy on gambling companies

Money to be used to fund education and treatment of gambling harms in plans to be unveiled as soon as this week

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2024

Rachel Reeves ‘missed opportunity’ to raise £900m from online casinos

Labour’s links to gambling industry questioned again after decision not to raise tax rate for online gaming

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2024

Labour took more than £1m in donations and gifts from gambling firms

KEIR Starmer and three members of his Cabinet have received more than £1 million from casino bosses, on top of tens of thousands in freebies from…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2024

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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

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

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’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2024

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’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024

Harm from problem gambling in Great Britain ‘may be eight times higher than thought’

Largest survey of its kind shows estimated 2.5% of adults have struggled with problem gambling

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2024

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Revealed: Westminster’s ‘unhealthy’ £100,000 relationship with the gambling industry

WESTMINSTER MPs and parties benefited from over £100,000 in gifts and donations from the gambling industry in the past year...

The National (Scotland) · Jun 30, 2024

Adverts for UK bookmakers and online casinos ‘need smoking-style warnings’

GambleAware signals collision course with industry as charity brands current warnings ‘inadequate’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2024

‘Sneaky’ social media ads are luring young into gambling, say campaigners

Call for stricter rules for betting firms to stop use of promotions with references to popular culture that appeal to under-18s

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024

Only one in 200 problem gamblers in England get specialist treatment

Government agency say that 1.6 million people could benefit from help as charities claim planned statutory levy on industry is inadequate

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2023

Tory MP who chided gambling regulator received £8,000 from betting industry

Hospitality and payments Craig Whittaker has accepted include Madonna tickets worth £2,000 from the Betting & Gaming Council

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2023

Rio Ferdinand on supporting female welfare charity after birth of baby daughter

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan described it as a ‘sombre but inspiring day’.

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

UK gambling lobby group accused of inaccurate statements on regulation

Peer raises concern about Betting & Gaming Council’s reliability before CEO faces questioning from MPs

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2023

Tony Blair’s bet on gambling Britain has spiralled out of control

Nearly two decades after New Labour revolutionised the gambling industry, millions of lives are being harmed for industry profits

The Independent UK · May 15, 2023

How being seduced by gambling’s love bombing ended with a prison sentence

For years the gambling industry was the wild west; an unregulated frontier that profited from pain and addiction. Now the government has promised to clean up betting and gaming. But many are eager for more to be done, writes Sarah Ingram, particularly those who nearly lost everything to it

The Independent UK · May 14, 2023

‘It’s predatory’: How gambling took over Britain’s high streets and seduced our MPs

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023

Ban all gambling adverts, say more than half of Britons

Poll backs blanket ban on ads but white paper is expected to opt for levy on betting firms’ profits

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The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2023

Gambling industry increased spending on MPs tenfold in five years, data shows

Exclusive: with gambling white paper imminent, Guardian analysis shows sector pays out tens of thousands of pounds a year

The Week · Apr 6, 2023

High stakes: how much sway does gambling lobby have in Westminster?

The Conservative Party has suspended an MP accused of offering to lobby on behalf of the gambling industry and leak confidential files in return for up to £4,000 a month.

Bangkok Post · Mar 1, 2023

BGC acquires Prime for B580m in expansion push

SET-listed packaging manufacturer BG Container Glass (BGC) has completed the acquisition of Prime Packaging, part of its strategy to become a leader in total packaging solutions.

ABC News · Mar 1, 2023

WA home builder BGC suspends new orders as Mark McGowan denies government stimulus packages are to blame

Mark McGowan refuses to concede his government's pandemic home stimulus grants overheated WA's housing market, as thousands struggle to get new home builds finished.

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2023

Betting industry will ‘keep back funds from gambling harm charity’

In future 25% of Betting and Gaming Council funds will go to its own causes, says GambleAware

Bangkok Post · Oct 31, 2022

BGC manufacturing facelift paves way for Smart Industry 4.0

BG Container Glass Public Company Limited (BGC), one of Thailand’s largest comprehensive packaging producers, moves forward to leverage holistic packaging industry with applied innovations and technologies in its manufacturing process in order to achieve Smart Factory 4.0 goal with aims to continue reaching the global arena.

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022

Charity trading day is something positive from tragedy of 9/11, says BGC boss

Sean Windeatt was in the London office when the 9/11 tragedy unfolded.

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