Society News

The latest information on socially relevant topics such as gambling law and regulation, cultural trends and international events.

Professional con-artist, serial fraudster and betting scam architect Peter Foster has been running multi-million dollar scams across Asia and Oceania for years. Local law enforcement has been monitoring his movements for the past month, and this week they finally swooped in and got their man whilst he walked along a...

One of the region’s biggest gamblers – considered a VIP customer at several large casinos...

A survey in France investigating the gambling habits of its citizens has found a drop...

Following in a sharp rise in cases of online gambling scams the Philippines gaming regulator,...

The National Lottery has launched a new ad campaign, using a nostalgic slogan from the...

After a number of pushes toward legal gambling from a number of different directions, Brazil’s...

Sir Richard Branson will no longer be putting in a bid to run the National...

Gambling firms in the UK are to withdraw all TV and radio advertising for the...

The $192bn industry known locally as Pachinko is causing a major existential crisis this week,...

Casino workers around the nation have called for their employers to pay out their full...

Bet365 boss Denise Coates has donated a generous £10 million to an NHS trust. The...

As most major sporting events have now been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, gamblers...

Secondary school pupils will soon receive education about gambling harms and debt risks. The Department...

The Alzheimer’s Society has come under fire over its partnership with UK gambling giant William...