Gambling Offences in UK Law
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Gambling Comparative Guide
... ... investigating and prosecuting gambling offences ... The cornerstones of the Gambling Act 2005 are its three licensing objectives (Section 1 of the Gambling Act 2005) - which are: ... to ... ...
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The Rise Of Crypto-Collectibles
... ... Gambling In March 2017, the Gambling Commission published a paper 'Virtual ... need to ensure it holds the relevant licences to avoid committing offences under the Gambling Act 2005 ... Further, any operator providing a ... ...
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The Gambling Commission Reaffirms Its Status As One Of The UK's Most Active AML Enforcement Authorities
... ... the Act, it is a criminal offence to provide facilities for ... gambling without a licence or applicable exemption (amongst other ... offences) and the Commission has the power to investigate whether ... an offence has been committed and may institute criminal ... proceedings in England and ... ...
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Sponsorship And Gambling In England And Wales In 2007: New Opportunities Or New Pitfalls?
... ... hoped that the Commission would now not feel the need to ... regulate further ... THE STATUTORY OFFENCES ... The seriousness of compliance, not only with the advertising ... codes, but also with the Act itself, is to be found in the ... broad ... ...
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Virtual legality: Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality - legal issues
With Newsweek predicting that 2017 will be shaped by Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)1 Dentons, as part of its on-going TechTalk series, thought it was timely to examine the legal is...... ... stole virtual property from online fantasy gamers to pay off REAL gambling debts” by Dan Bloom of Mail ... Online dated 6 December 2013 at ... 13. BBC News Online “YouTuber admits Fifa gambling offences” dated 6 February 2017 at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technolo- ... ...
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How Phil Ivey fundamentally changed the concept of dishonesty in English criminal law
The card game Punto Banco (a form of baccarat) is a straight game of chance. Or at least it should be, according to the UK Supreme Court, who found that Phil Ivey, a legend in the professional gamb...... ... Court, who found that Phil Ivey, a legend in the professional gambling world, cheated Crockfords Casino of £7.7m by using a technique known as ... It found, rather controversially, that it did not (even though offences such as Cheating the Revenue do require the prosecution to prove ... ...
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Money Laundering And The Gambling Industry
... ... A lack of proper checks meant that ten customers were able to deposit large sums of money that were the proceeds of criminal offences. These payments led to gains for William Hill of around £1.2M. But the bookmaker is now having to pay that back, plus a £5M penalty ... The ... ...
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The Gambling Act to come into play...
... ... The definition of advertising in the Act is deliberately broad; the offences are designed to catch anyone and anything that is involved at any stage in a campaign that breaches regulations made pursuant to the Act; they also ... ...
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Combating Cybercrime In Betting And Gaming - Creating A More Effective Anti-Money Laundering Strategy
... ... casinos and gambling part of the non-financial sector. Casinos, ... they said, are the site ... The Terrorism Act establishes a ... series of offences related to involvement in arrangements for ... facilitating, raising ... ...
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Licensing News Scotland - May 2017
... ... power.* The procedure in relation to notifications of relevant offences and foreign offences has been clarified to confirm that the board must, ... The full article can be accessed here ... Gambling News ... Almost half of UK firms faced cyber breaches or attacks in the ... ...
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