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The National Gambling Support Network (NGSN) - a community-focused service designed to boost care and education - has revealed a 50% surge in self-referrals since its inception. 

To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day), the National Lottery Heritage Fund will donate £13.7m to museums honouring the RAF and the Royal Marines. 

Relax Gaming have announced today - 8 May - that Angela van den Berg has been appointed the company’s new General Counsel. 

iGaming software company iGaming Studio has announced plans to launch a cross-platform casino experience that will bring “unmatched realism” to players on PC and Mac, called Betleap. 

The world’s biggest poker festival, the GG World Festival, started on 4 May and will run until 10 June. Last year’s event saw more than five million entries and an eventual total prize pot of $340million paid out to players. 

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has released figures for the country’s online betting revenue for the final quarter of the financial year, covering the period January to March 2025. 

Flutter Entertainment has announced its revenue is up 8% in Q1 for the year to £2.79 billion - compared to the first three months of 2024. 

SkillOnNet has this week signed a deal with software provider BF Games that will see 100 new titles added to its UK portfolio. 

UK National Lottery operator Allwyn have found themselves under investigation by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) for failing to reach contractual obligations in its ongoing takeover from Camelot. 

Genting UK announces £10m Westcliff casino refurbishment

UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) executive director Tim Miller praised the Bingo Association for its “positive, practical and constructive” engagement with the regulatory body.

After seven years as GAMSTOP chair, Jenny Watson will call time on her tenure with the gambling protection firm in September 2025. 

The Betting and Gaming Council have revealed data that proves the 2024 Safer Gambling Week was their most successful yet. 

Award-winning safer gambling software developer Mindway AI has joined forces with iGaming regulatory organisation BetComply in an effort to efficiently and effectively tackle problem gambling. 

NetBet UK has announced a new partnership with Blueprint Gaming, which will see the UK online casino offer Blueprint’s games. The company’s gaming portfolio includes Fishin’ Frenzy, Eye of Horus, and a host of Megaways slot variants. 

The Coates family are considering selling their stake in the gambling giant Bet365, a story in the UK newspaper The Guardian has revealed today. 

Online casino game maker Hacksaw Gaming has officially launched its latest slot machine Rad Maxx, and it will be available at the company’s UK online casino partners. The game’s main characters, Maxx and Ro$$ featured in Hacksaw Gaming’s earlier online slot title, RIP City. 

Flutter Entertainment has completed the purchase of Italian iGaming operator and former Playtech subsidiary Snaitech in a £1.9billion deal.

The UK government announced on 28 April that they’ve launched a consultation into consolidating three gambling tax rates into one, industry-wide, rate. 

A survey conducted by Thailand’s national institute of development administration (NIDA) has found that nearly half of those asked view casinos as an integral element of the proposed entertainment complex bill. 

Flutter’s UK staff are aiming to raise over £375,000 for Pancreatic Cancer UK, in memory of Sky Betting and Gaming employee James Blackburn, who passed away following a pancreatic cancer diagnosis in 2023. 

Entain has today announced the appointment of Stella David as permanent company CEO, following public support from major stakeholders. 

Casino MK has ceased trading with immediate effect after administrators confirmed it was not possible to complete a sale of the business. 

Videoslots has been hit with a SEK12m (£1m) fine by the Swedish Gambling Authority (SGA) for another breach of responsible gambling rules. This is the latest in a growing list of fines received by the company: a list that includes other fines from the same authority, as well as UKGC fines for similar breaches. 

Key Entain investors have backed Stella David to take the role of CEO on a permanent basis, following impressive stints as interim leader of the group. 

Evoke has announced continued growth for the third quarter in a row as the company confirmed revenue of £437million for Q1 in 2025. 

Casimba Gaming, which owns and operates more than a dozen online casinos and gambling sites, has enlisted the help of specialist marketing company Vega Gibraltar. Vega, which was formed in 2022 following the merger of Markor Technology and Whitezip, will provide performance marketing services to help enhance Casimba’s growth in the UK industry.

The LeoVegas Group have announced plans to open a new city centre office in Leeds, West Yorkshire. 

Plans to liberalise UK government laws about high street slot machines have been paused and could be scrapped altogether. 

White-label online gaming service provider Grace Media will provide a variety of support services to Intergroup Partners (IGP) and its UK-based bingo brands. IGP, which operates UK Bingo, Chitchat Bingo, Bogof Bingo, and Panda Bingo, will receive customer relationship management, compliance, and payment support services, as well as fraud protection, from Grace Media, which recently announced four new senior appointments across its business.

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has issued a public warning to domestic iGaming operators who fail to complete or submit regulatory returns as per pre-fixed deadlines. 

Gambling Research Glasgow, part of the University of Glasgow, has revealed the results of a study into the gambling habits of players aged over 65. The study found that around a third of retirement-aged UK residents gamble regularly, outside of playing the lottery. 

Booming Games has signed a deal with online casino 32Red, which will see the company’s roster of popular games, including Cash Pig and Buffalo Hold and Win added to the British casino’s site. 

Playtech has announced a partnership with Progress Play that will see a state of the art bingo platform available across more than 120 iGaming websites. 

A Sky News reporter launched a probe after she fell victim to an elaborate AI deepfake plot.

Flutter-owned Sky Betting & Gaming have illegally collected data of a ‘problem gambler’ to target them with marketing, a high court judge ruled in London on 23 January. 

Despite being a relatively new addition to the UK iGaming software scene, having launched in 2022, Octoplay continues to expand its reach in the lucrative but challenging UK market. 

Brian Mattingley announced his departure in January and has been in-charge of Playtech since March 2021.

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) have published updated levy rates applied through their new statutory levy programme. 

A close associate of former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been charged over election betting offences, along with 14 others. 

The Batman and Robin undercover duo that were sprinting along the bridge on 15 February to stop an illegal gambling sting in its tracks.

Sky Vegas has called for a review of its advertising strategy as the brand seeks to revamp core processes related to marketing.

Published on April 9, the report includes responses from 1,250 children, 300 adults and ten gambling content creators from the UK found that a notable number of gamblers are being driven to unlicensed websites.

Across the whole group, Rank experienced a 10.9% annual increase in group net gaming revenue to £195.6m for the quarter ending 31 March. 

The UKGC has issued its latest threat assessment of the gambling industry, pointing to the increased use of AI deepfakes to circumvent customer due diligence checks.

As of 3 April, the website gained its licence from the regulator and can now fully operate in the UK market. 

The company announced the promotion earlier this week, coinciding with the launch of the new format of the multi-state lottery, which went live on April 8. 

Initially set up in 1994, the Heritage Fund exists to provide financial support using a portion of money generated by the National Lottery to sustain the heritage of the UK through the maintenance of historical buildings, monuments and landscapes.

Sweden’s Government, the Riksdag, has voted to close the country’s last remaining land-based casino. However, Swedish-based players will still be able to enjoy casino games online.