The Guardian

• Entain plays a strong hand in a show of far-sightedness

  19-1-2021 Magazines The Guardian 31

  The Ladbrokes and Coral owner’s rejection of MGM’s offer is a rare example of long-termism by a UK board Aren’t Las Vegas casinos meant to be...

• MGM Resorts drops bid for UK owner of Ladbrokes and Coral

  19-1-2021 Magazines The Guardian 16

  Las Vegas-based firm decides not to up offer after its £8.1bn bid for Entain was rejected earlier this month The Las Vegas casino operator MGM...

• UK gambling firms accused of exaggerating scale of black market betting

  18-1-2021 Magazines The Guardian 38

  Report by PwC under fire as industry expects tougher regulation in upcoming government review Gambling firms have been accused of concocting a...

• Sheldon Adelson, casino magnate and major Trump donor, dies aged 87

  12-1-2021 Magazines The Guardian 101

  Wife Miriam Adelson announces death after ‘long illness’ Adelson backed Israeli settlements in occupied territories US politics – live...

• Shay Segev’s defection to DAZN won’t help Entain stave off MGM

  11-1-2021 Magazines The Guardian 61

  Entain’s board and 25,000 staff are entitled to be furious at Segev’s haste to embrace Blavatnik’s zillions There’s an unwritten rule in the...

• No need for Entain to rush into accepting MGM Resorts offer | Nils Pratley

  4-1-2021 Magazines The Guardian 57

  Owner of Ladbrokes and Coral right to take a wait-and-see approach ahead of US online betting bonanza It feels surprising that the big beasts of...

• Google to let YouTube users opt out of gambling and alcohol ads

  10-12-2020 Magazines The Guardian 110

  Company will roll out feature in UK next year but without guarantee it will filter out 100% of adverts YouTube users will be able to opt out of...

• The UK's gambling review has to be free of industry influence and political dithering | James Noyes

  8-12-2020 Magazines The Guardian 152

  This review can learn from the mistakes of the past 15 years and help to prevent harm to people around the country More than a year after the...

• UK National Lottery players must be over 18 from next year

  8-12-2020 Magazines The Guardian 136

  Rise in minimum age part of gambling review aiming to update ‘analogue law in a digital age’ The age limit for playing the National Lottery will...

• A 2021 market boom would be welcome, but there will still be plenty of losers

  6-12-2020 Magazines The Guardian 137

  Coronavirus vaccines promise a rapid economic rebound, but many of the 2.6 million thrown out of work have a grim future When the prime minister...

• UK gambling laws review to consider ban on sports sponsorship

  4-12-2020 Magazines The Guardian 107

  Exclusive : Limits for online stakes among proposed overhaul that could roll back much of Blair-era legislation A wide-ranging review of...

• Supermarket top brass are right: business rates need urgent reform

  3-12-2020 Magazines The Guardian 72

  Tweaks by successive governments have failed to cut to the heart of the problem, the growth of online retail Amazing, isn’t it? All those...

• Jobs impact of curbs on fixed-odds betting terminals 'overstated'

  30-11-2020 Magazines The Guardian 70

  Campaigners say UK gambling regulator figures belie industry ‘predictions of doom’ Punters lost £700m less on gambling machines in the year...

• North Londoner Adele is no cockney | Brief letters

  23-11-2020 Magazines The Guardian 70

  The Book Trust | Film canisters | Adele | Betamax | Safer Gambling Week | Christmas No 1 How wonderful to read about Marcus Rashford’s brilliant...

• Treasury messed up over B&M's Covid rates freebie

  12-11-2020 Magazines The Guardian 113

  Where shops were open and sales booming, there was no case for a year’s relief from business rates It’s bad enough that the big supermarkets,...