Gambling advertising faces a new crackdown on the UK arm of the world’s biggest social networking site. Facebook UK said yesterday it would be taking steps to remove all forms of gambling advertising including online casino, bingo, sportsbook and poker ads. Industry insiders fear it could eventually lead to a host of facebook pages belonging […]

The leader of an illegal online gambling cartel has been jailed for six years and fined more than HALF-A-MILLION POUNDS. Nineteen other men were handed prison terms ranging from one to five years and fines of between £2,000 and  £100,000. Overseas “This is possibly the country’s biggest online gambling case,” the spokesman for Shanghai Putuo […]

Dozens of British MPs have backed a call for Google to rethink its decision to allow gambling firms to advertise on the search engine’s website. The early day motion — signed by more than 40 MPs — follows a warning by the Church of England that Google’s actions were “irresponsible”. The Bill — which has […]