The UK Advertising Standards Authority found that adverts by Kwiff, Betway and Sky Bet were likely to appeal strongly to under-18s. It ordered Kwiff to remove or amend its post and told Betway and Sky Bet not to run their adverts again in the same form.
The rulings require three operators to change advertising that the ASA considered likely to attract under-18s.
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The UK Advertising Standards Authority ruled that a Betway YouTube advert and a Kwiff post on X breached advertising rules because their content could appeal strongly to under-18s. Betway disputed the complaint and cited its audience targeting; Kwiff said its post promoted sports commentary, while X said it was organic and not sponsored. The ASA found the age controls insufficient in both cases.
Rwanda’s Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva told Parliament on 2 October that authorities may take further steps on gambling after senators raised concerns about its social effects. He said some betting shops had already been closed, but existing measures had not fully addressed the issue.
The Parti Québécois won Quebec’s 5 October election and is expected to pursue a private online gambling model, according to reports. The party has indicated it would take a regulatory approach similar to the Liberals’ proposal, but the rules and oversight body remain undecided. The article estimates that 73% of play currently takes place outside regulated channels.
The House of Lords Liaison Committee urged the UK government to ban gambling advertising. Its follow-up report also called on ministers to drop the aim of growing the licensed industry and return to a policy of tolerating gambling without promoting it. Industry figures and researchers dispute the report’s treatment of survey data, advertising measures and illegal-market risks.
The House of Lords Liaison Committee has urged the government to ban gambling advertising "as soon as practicable" and to abandon its aim of growing the licensed industry, in a follow-up report published on 17 September. The committee said there is "no evidence for the safety of gambling advertising" and that voluntary measures "have not gone far enough". The government has two months to respond.
Alberta awarded Brick House Recovery Centre $2.4m for gambling addiction treatment and recovery services, ahead of payments expected from regulated gaming operators. The province said it expects $76m in iGaming revenue this year, representing 20% of revenue from regulated sites, and that 1% of gaming profits is allocated to addiction treatment. Alberta’s iGaming Corporation listed 31 sites as legally open for business at the time of the report.