Another week, another slay. Which celebrity had some of the best pictures this week? With Big Brother Naija concluding, we were bombarded with a ton of pictures to feast on. Here are some of the best pictures this week. Sharon Ooja www.instagram.com Sharon in this voluminous hair is certainly a …
Read More »Style Guide: 5 ways grooms can make their suits and tuxedos less boring
Ever notice how no one remembers how the groom look at a wedding? So, how can he make his suits and tuxedo less boring? Here’s how to spice it up? 1. Have fun with the buttons Get a double-breasted suit if you don’t have one, you don’t have to wear …
Read More »How UK gambling safeguards fail to defend online punters
When Everton FC’s players ran out to face bitter Merseyside rivals Liverpool last month, their shirts were emblazoned, courtesy of a £10m-a-year sponsorship deal, with the name Stake.com. Until recently an obscure online betting firm, Stake.com, which specialises in controversial cryptocurrency gambling, has followed traditional bookmakers in hitching itself to …
Read More »It’s not just bookies that have a stake in football betting – it’s the clubs too | Annie Ashton
“It matters more when there’s money on it,” the bookmaker Sky Bet’s marketing slogan used to say. It certainly mattered to our family, when my husband Luke took his life after struggling with a devastating gambling addiction. He’d started out betting on football every weekend with his friends, doing exactly …
Read More »Revealed: Football League clubs taking cut of gamblers’ losses with SkyBet
English football clubs have been taking a cut of the money fans lose with the bookmaker SkyBet, the Guardian can reveal, prompting accusations that they are exploiting supporters and gambling addicts. An internal document shows that members of the Football League (EFL), comprising the 72 clubs outside the Premier League, …
Read More »Betfred fined almost £2.9m over gambling safety check failings
The bookmaker Betfred has been fined nearly £2.9m for failings in its social responsibility and money-laundering controls, after accepting tens of thousands of pounds from gamblers without performing adequate safety checks. One customer was allowed to lose £70,000 over a 10-hour period just a day after opening their account, the …
Read More »Is California’s gambling war the priciest campaign in US history? You bet
The campaign that could bring legalized sports betting to California is the most expensive ballot-initiative fight in US history, costing $400m and counting, and pitting wealthy Indigenous tribes against online gambling companies over a potentially multibillion-dollar marketplace. Californians have been bombarded with advertising for months, much of it making promises …
Read More »Twitch to ban users from streaming unlicensed gambling content
Twitch, the Amazon-owned streaming site, will ban users from posting videos of themselves playing slots, roulette or dice games on unlicensed gambling sites, the company has said. The ban, which will be effective as of 18 October, comes in the wake of a wide-ranging scandal among top-tier streamers after British …
Read More »Betway fined for advertising on children’s pages of West Ham website
The online gambling firm Betway has been fined more than £400,000 after its marketing material was found on the children’s section of the West Ham United website, including a page where young fans were invited to colour in a teddy bear. The Gambling Commission found Betway’s logo appeared on parts …
Read More »Good causes could lose £1bn as Camelot sues over ‘unlawful’ national lottery licence
More than £1bn for good causes could be lost over a legal action alleging the new licence to run the national lottery was awarded unlawfully, according to court filings seen by the Observer. Camelot, which operated the national lottery for nearly three decades, is seeking to reverse the decision to …
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