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Oct 2, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 2, 2026 · Rob Davies

    Would a gambling tax rise in the budget really shut shops and cost jobs? - AOL (opens the original)

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    Gambling industry kingpins are fuming about reports that the chancellor, John Healey, is considering increasing taxes on high-street slot machines in his first budget. The influential Social Market Foundation thinktank, the most vocal advocate for a rise in machine games duty (MGD), from 20% to 40%, thinks the measure could raise between £275m and £460m annually, on top of the roughly £610m collected last year. Its proposal is likely to meet with sympathy from Andy Burnham, a vocal and repeated

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Rob Davies

    UK bookmakers that warned over illicit market had deal with offshore casinos (opens the original)

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    Content provider part-owned by Ladbrokes, William Hill and Betfred owner signed deal with Santeda network, Casino Secrets leak reveals Three UK bookmakers that have repeatedly warned of the dangers of the illicit market have also benefited from a lucrative deal with one of the world’s largest offshore casinos, the Guardian can reveal. Details of the arrangement emerged as a result of last week’s Casino Secrets leak, which saw the release of thousands of confidential files held by the gambling re

  3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Rob Davies

    UK bookmakers that warned over illicit market had deal with offshore casinos - AOL (opens the original)

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    Three UK bookmakers that have repeatedly warned of the dangers of the illicit market have also benefited from a lucrative deal with one of the world’s largest offshore casinos, the Guardian can reveal. Details of the arrangement emerged as a result of last week’s Casino Secrets leak, which saw the release of thousands of confidential files held by the gambling regulator on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, a haven for offshore betting sites. One leaked file concerns the Santeda online casino netw

  4. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Rob Davies

    Work intensifying on UK laws to stamp out concert ticket touts, say sources (opens the original)

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    Artists including Tinie Tempah and the Smiths’ drummer Mike Joyce ramp up pressure on government to keep its pledge to outlaw for-profit resales The government has stepped up work on new laws to stop ticket touts fleecing fans, as the prime minister came under pressure from artists including the drummer from the Smiths, one of his favourite bands. Keir Starmer said last year that the government would “stop fans from being ripped off” by outlawing the for-profit resale of tickets on sites such as

  5. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Rob Davies

    Work intensifying on UK laws to stamp out concert ticket touts, say sources - AOL (opens the original)

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    The government has stepped up work on new laws to stop ticket touts fleecing fans, as the prime minister came under pressure from artists including the drummer from the Smiths, one of his favourite bands. Keir Starmer said last year that the government would “stop fans from being ripped off” by outlawing the for-profit resale of tickets on sites such as Viagogo and StubHub, a pledge Labour first made in its 2024 election manifesto. Despite support from a host of globally renowned artists, includ

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