Society News

The latest information on socially relevant topics such as gambling law and regulation, cultural trends and international events.

The government has announced plans to open betting shops in England after the national lockdown comes to an end. Betting shops in tier three areas will be allowed to reopen, although casinos will have to stay shut. The Prime Minister also outlined plans to allow the return of spectators to...

As tensions rise ahead of the government’s upcoming review of the 2005 Gambling Act, it...

Professional con-artist, serial fraudster and betting scam architect Peter Foster has been running multi-million dollar...

One of the region’s biggest gamblers – considered a VIP customer at several large casinos...

Raids have been performed by Austrian financial authorities in a bid to reduce illegal gambling...

The Japanese anime culture is popular across the world, and since the 1980’s it has...

A survey in France investigating the gambling habits of its citizens has found a drop...

Following in a sharp rise in cases of online gambling scams the Philippines gaming regulator,...

The National Lottery has launched a new ad campaign, using a nostalgic slogan from the...

After a number of pushes toward legal gambling from a number of different directions, Brazil’s...

Sir Richard Branson will no longer be putting in a bid to run the National...

Gambling firms in the UK are to withdraw all TV and radio advertising for the...

The $192bn industry known locally as Pachinko is causing a major existential crisis this week,...

Casino workers around the nation have called for their employers to pay out their full...