Editorial archive
News, research and explainers on gambling, regulation and consumer protection.
The Social Market Foundation estimates £669m in fiscal harm among machine users and £275m–£458m in additional duty. We examine the calculations and their limits.
Higher Machine Games Duty could encourage casinos to lower machine RTP. Explore the effect on theoretical player losses with GamRight's calculator.
Genting is investing in London casino destinations while Rank prepares smaller machine-led trials. Grosvenor's financial results show why the economics are changing.
The Paddy Power and Sky Bet owner plans up to 1,400 job cuts after UK online gambling tax rises, while Rank has closed three casinos despite growth across its estate.
Genting warns 13 casinos could become unviable as Rank reports machine revenue growth alongside three closures. The case for and against higher Machine Games Duty.
Customers buy Roll Coins with real money, stake them on games of chance and exchange winnings for genuine Counter-Strike skins. CSGORoll says the prizes have no monetary value.
L&L Europe delayed withdrawals while failing to follow its own due diligence procedures and missing customer warning signs, the Gambling Commission found.
Online gambling operators must now offer limits that count all deposits, even when customers withdraw money. Existing limits will not automatically change.
Casinos don’t need to know how much you’ve lost to estimate your value as a customer. By tracking your bets and playing time, they calculate your theoretical win, or Theo. That figure helps determine the complimentary benefits you might receive, from food and drinks to promotional rewards.
Customers of BresBet and Bet St George are facing uncertainty over unpaid balances following the closure of both bookmakers. Their cases expose a weakness in Britain's gambling regulations: holding a licence does not guarantee that customers' money is protected if an operator fails.
Six poker tables in a Splott industrial unit, £384,000 in payments and an online operation. What investigators found at Fish Tank Poker Cardiff.
More than 30% of a UK Powerball ticket supports good causes. The Gambling Commission has confirmed other payments but withheld the detailed financial model.
Polymarket and Kalshi are exploring the UK, but Britain already splits prediction markets between gambling and financial regulation. Here is where the line currently sits.
Genshin Impact lets players spend money on random characters and weapons, while HoYoverse says those items have no monetary value. GamRight looks at gacha, account resale markets and gambling law in Great Britain.
Private poker can be legal in Britain, but club permits do not allow a commercial poker room to operate for private profit. We look at London cases and the current rules.
Counter-Strike skins can be opened through paid random cases, traded for real money and later used on roulette, Crash and case-battle sites.
Cases.gg publishes a house edge on mystery boxes offering Pokémon cards, consoles and trainers. GamRight looks at the mechanics, overseas regulatory action and the position in Great Britain.
GamRight examined the fake TescoSlots casino promoted through social media and found copied branding, obsolete payment claims and no Gambling Commission licence.
A practical guide to checking a gambling site's Gambling Commission licence, matching its domain and operator details, and spotting common warning signs.
An ASA ruling published on 9 September found a casino comparison ad was irresponsibly targeted after it appeared for the search 'help with gambling'.
Financial vulnerability checks already apply above £150 net deposits over 30 days in Great Britain. See the staged Financial Risk Assessment thresholds, what data they use and what happens next.
Learn how gambling complaints work in Great Britain, what the eight-week limit covers, what evidence to keep and when a dispute can move to independent resolution.
When can a council refuse a betting shop or gambling arcade? Understand current law, the Sheffield case, forthcoming Gambling Impact Assessments and the proposal to remove 'aim to permit'.
An AI-generated character in a Midnite TikTok ad appeared under 25. The ASA's AI-assisted monitoring system helped find the advert.
Learn what wagering requirements mean, how multipliers are calculated, which bets count and what bonus terms can affect withdrawal.
How gambling random number generators work, how RNG games are tested in Great Britain and why losing streaks do not make a win more likely.
A Gambling Commission survey asked 11 to 17-year-olds about VPNs and gambling access. Its 13% estimate is easy to misread.
Understand gambling volatility, statistical variance, outcome dispersion and why short sessions can look very different from a game's long-run RTP.
Understand how gambling odds relate to probability, payouts and profit, how decimal odds convert into implied probability, and why odds are not the same as RTP.
Rip-and-ship card streams combine random packs, valuable chase cards, live selling and rapid repeat spending. We examine how closely the format resembles gambling.
A detailed explanation of Return to Player (RTP), how it differs from house edge, and why long-run theoretical return does not predict an individual session.
Australia has passed federal gambling reforms covering wagering ads, inducements, BetStop, illegal operators and some online lottery products.
A study of 60,331 Spanish adolescents found gambling was less common overall in 2021 than in 2019, while several gaming and esports groups moved the other way.
Learn what house edge measures, how it relates to RTP and expected loss, and why it cannot predict the result of an individual gambling session.