Casino News Today in the United Kingdom
A curated, automatically updated feed of gambling news from United Kingdom: online casinos and land-based venues, regulatory changes, key events, and emerging trends – all based on coverage from local news outlets.
Jun 23, 2026
Deposit limit controls are moving nearer regulation’s centre. In Britain, watchdogs keep testing firmer consumer safeguards. The new deposit limit rules remain subject to official confirmation. Yet they already signal practical changes for users.…
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london-post.co.uk 
Jun 22, 2026
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E), or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use including up to two flats (Use Class C3)…
The inquest has taken place into the tragedy in a fire in Cornwall in July last year
15:58 — Newquay
www.cornwalllive.com Jun 20, 2026
April 1st 2026 was not April Fool’s Day for the UK gambling industry. It was the date Remote Gaming Duty doubled overnight from 21% to 40%, representing the most significant single tax increase on any consumer entertainment sector in recent memory.…
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dailybusinessgroup.co.uk Jun 18, 2026
The cabinet on Thursday gave in-principle approval to the draft of the “Gambling Prevention Act, 2026” at its 10th meeting chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The meeting was held at the Cabinet Room in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban this evening.…
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banglamirrornews.com Illicit Royal Ascot betting could boost the gambling black market industry by £40m as punters get drawn in by unregulated operators. The horse racing spectacle is underway in Berkshire with 300,000 fans expected across five days of Royal Ascot…
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www.cityam.com Jun 17, 2026
Councillors chose to reject the application because they had concerns over the extension of hours in an area where there is high deprivation and lots of vulnerable people
14:41 — Lewisham
www.mylondon.news Jun 16, 2026
The chief executive of the Betting & Gaming Council issued a warning against the black market
15:20
www.standard.co.uk Jun 12, 2026
The boss of Britain’s gambling trade body has urged major tech platforms to crack down on illegal betting adverts ahead of what is expected to be the biggest World Cup for gambling in history. In an open letter seen by City AM, Betting and Gaming…
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www.cityam.com The Met Police said Tap Sidcup also hosted an 18th birthday party with "suspiciously young clientele" - it could now lose its licence
10:34 — Sidcup
www.mylondon.news Jun 11, 2026
BISHOPS and bookmakers are combined in their opposition to the betting tax. The bishops — or, at least, some of them — are convinced that it will encourage vice; the bookmakers are equally convinced that it will kill racing. Both cannot be right, ...
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www.churchtimes.co.uk Jun 10, 2026
More than 200 residents, councillors and other politicians have urged the council to refuse the licence
15:41 — London
www.mylondon.news West Ham United sponsor Boyle Sports has expressed its serious concern at the allegations made against the club’s majority owner David Sullivan. Reporting by the BBC and The Times this week focused on claims that Sullivan had exploited his position…
11:59
www.cityam.com Jun 7, 2026
Pompey are keen to utilise overseas markets to boost John Mousinho’s squad this summer, but certain rule will dictate how many players from abroad they can sign
04:30 — Portsmouth
www.portsmouth.co.uk Jun 4, 2026
Bedford borough councillors have approved plans for a new adult gaming centre after hearing concerns about gambling harm, crime, deprivation and the potential impact on vulnerable residents.
15:32 — Bedford
www.bedfordtoday.co.uk Jun 3, 2026
Betfair is due to be scrutinised in court tomorrow over its duty of care in relation to the dangers of online gambling and betting following a problem gambler’s suicide. The online gambling giant, owned by Irish-American betting giant owned by…
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www.cityam.com Jun 1, 2026
The charges follow an investigation into illegal gambling premises in the city centre
18:44 — Manchester
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Media tycoon Richard Desmond’s company Northern and Shell has been ordered to pay over £40m after a two-year-long legal feud with the Gambling Commission over the 2022 National Lottery license. A High Court judge has ordered media giant Northern and…
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www.cityam.com Richard Desmond’s Northern & Shell has been left nursing a costs bill expected to top £40 million after a High Court judge tore into the media tycoon’s two-year campaign against the Gambling Commission, branding its case for £1.3 billion in damages…
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bmmagazine.co.uk May 29, 2026
Gambling tables, gambling chips, records, account books and alcohol were discovered in the allegedly unlicensed premises
May 27, 2026
Activist short seller Andrew Left told jurors in his criminal securities fraud trial that there is nothing improper about profiting from stock-price moves following his research reports or social media posts, according to report by Bloomberg. “It’s…
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www.hedgeweek.com May 26, 2026
Automated daily summary
Regulatory pressure on gambling and prediction markets intensified as Spain blocked access to Polymarket and Kalshi while opening disciplinary proceedings to determine whether they have been operating without the required gambling licence theguardian.com.
In the UK and US, listed betting groups faced mounting headwinds from higher gambling taxes and the rapid rise of prediction markets, a derivatives-regulated model that can bypass some state betting restrictions, helping drive heavy short-selling and sharp share-price declines across Flutter, DraftKings and Entain hedgeweek.com.
London’s business community has spent the past five years adjusting to a regulatory environment where cross-border financial services no longer move on autopilot. Post-Brexit divergence in payments, passporting, and consumer-protection… The post…
13:55 — London
londonlovesbusiness.com Rollins repeatedly struck up relationships with women, then took money from them and gambled it away.
13:53 — Fareham
www.portsmouth.co.uk Prediction sites, which allow bets on all topics from weather to politics, may be in breach of country’s rules Spain’s ministry of consumer rights has blocked access to Polymarket and Kalshi while it investigates whether the leading prediction…
13:46
www.theguardian.com Hedge funds have made more than $2.3bn this year betting against listed gambling companies as the sector faces mounting pressure from the growth of prediction markets in the US and higher taxes in the UK, according to a report by the FT. Short…
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www.hedgeweek.com Automated daily summary
Regulatory pressure on gambling and prediction markets intensified as Spain blocked access to Polymarket and Kalshi while opening disciplinary proceedings to determine whether they have been operating without the required gambling licence theguardian.com.
In the UK and US, listed betting groups faced mounting headwinds from higher gambling taxes and the rapid rise of prediction markets, a derivatives-regulated model that can bypass some state betting restrictions, helping drive heavy short-selling and sharp share-price declines across Flutter, DraftKings and Entain hedgeweek.com.