News

United Kingdom: A fatal tax increase for horse racing? 

13 Jul 2025

Since April 2025, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has been sounding the alarm: the British government is planning to merge taxes on online betting, raising the tax on horse racing betting from 15% to 21%, the same rate as for casino gambling. This change would represent a loss of at least £66 million a year (around €76 million) for the industry, with a risk of £160 million (€185 million) if the rates rise further.

Economy

iGB Live: Punished gambling companies remain active

Ron

11 Jul 2025

A major international gambling fair took place in London in early July: iGB Live. More than 15,000 people from the gambling world gathered there.

Sensation

Major data leak at Betfair and Paddy Power: everything you need to know

Ron

10 Jul 2025

On Monday 8 July, Flutter Entertainment confirmed that there has been a data leak at gambling sites Paddy Power and Betfair. In the process, players’ personal data was captured.

Sensation

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Entain fails to prevent the registration of the name ‘Sportbet’ with the EUIPO

Glen

5 Jul 2025

At the beginning of June 2025, the British giant Entain, owner of the Sportingbet trademark, saw its complaint rejected by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The company was seeking to prevent Italian operator Sportbet S.R.L. from registering the ‘Sportbet’ trademark. But against all expectations, the EUIPO rejected Entain’s opposition, ruling that the terms ‘sport’ and ‘bet’ are too generic to be protected by an exclusive right.

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White labels in the UK: a model as useful as it is risky

Alex

27 Jun 2025

In the highly regulated world of British gambling, the white label model has become a strategic entry point for many foreign brands. Rather than obtaining their own licence (a long, costly and complex process), these companies join forces with an operator already licensed in the UK.

Legislation

Match-fixing: 6 British basketball pros banned

Sarah

20 Jun 2025

The world of British basketball has been rocked by a vast match-fixing scandal. Six former players in the British Basketball League (BBL), including five former members of Surrey Scorchers, have been sanctioned for serious offences relating to the manipulation of results and illegal sports betting.

Sensation

Ladbrokes accused of targeting minors with its Ladbucks ad

Alex

17 Jun 2025

The world of online gambling is under intense scrutiny, and Ladbrokes has just paid the price. In promoting its Ladbucks rewards programme, the British operator has crossed a red line in the eyes of the UK’s advertising regulator.

Sensation

A grandmother wins too much in the lottery: she receives a visit from a private detective

Alex

13 Jun 2025

This story is not new, but it illustrates the luck of some players on this Friday the 13th. Amelia Barnham, a 69-year-old grandmother from London, found herself at the centre of a bizarre scenario: after winning more than £23,000 in accumulated lottery winnings, she was unable to collect her final prize of £800.

Sensation

United Kingdom: More tax = less revenue? 65% of gamblers will choose illegal games

Glen

12 Jun 2025

The United Kingdom could standardise its tax regime on online gambling, bringing the tax on sports betting (15%) into line with that on remote gaming (21%). The intention? To simplify administration. But for the Betting & Gaming Council (BGC), this measure conceals a threat: driving regular gamblers towards unauthorised sites.

Economy

Who will get their hands on Bet365?

Maxime

3 Jun 2025

Founded in 2000 by Denise Coates, Bet365 has become one of the largest online betting companies in the world, with an annual turnover of £3.7 billion.

Economy

End of an era: No more Betfair affiliates in the UK

Maxime

30 May 2025

1 July 2025 will mark the end of Betfair’s affiliate programme in the UK and Ireland. The decision, announced by Betfair’s parent company Flutter Entertainment, is driven by ever-increasing compliance costs and an increasingly complex regulatory landscape.

Economy

Secret agreements protecting British operators? The UKGC is under fire!

Caroline

26 May 2025

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is at the centre of a controversy after revelations of an opaque system allowing gambling operators to avoid public sanctions in exchange for donations to charity.

Sensation

Entain case: the British courts uphold the confidentiality of documents

Maxime

21 May 2025

On 13 May 2025, the UK High Court granted Entain, the online betting giant and owner of Ladbrokes and Coral, permission to keep confidential its defence documents in a court case brought by its former directors, Kenny Alexander and Lee Feldman. The decision prevents public access to Entain’s legal responses to allegations of corruption relating to its former Turkish subsidiary.

Sensation

Spreadex : repeated breaches

Glen

20 May 2025

On 15 May 2025, the UK Gambling Commission imposed a fine of £2.022 million (approximately €2.4 million) on Spreadex Limited, operator of the Spreadex.com platform.

Economy

Bet365 considering sale of billion-dollar company? Behind the rumors

Glen

9 May 2025

Online gambling giant Bet365 is said to be internally considering selling the company. According to a report from The Guardian, it is a possible deal worth £9bn. That amount would represent a huge profit for the Coates family, which owns Bet365.

Economy

United Kingdom: A single tax for all online gambling

Maxime

30 Apr 2025

The United Kingdom is planning to merge the three current taxes on online gambling into a single Remote Betting & Gaming Duty in order to simplify the tax system.

Legislation