Public Health Wales Launches £1.4m Fund to Tackle Gambling Harms
Two-year scheme with WCVA will back community groups working on prevention, early intervention and support across Wales.
Two-year scheme with WCVA will back community groups working on prevention, early intervention and support across Wales.
Revenue excluding brand licensing rose 9% and adjusted EBITDA 16%, even as remote gaming duty jumped to 40% in April.
The UK gambling group’s debt and Britain’s tougher tax regime add to the pressure around a possible sale.
The Isle of Man company says its audits test safer gambling, AML and KYC controls in practice, not just on paper.
Channelisation could fall to 85% as tax changes take effect, with remote gaming duty rising to 40% next April.
The appointment follows a day of uncertainty over whether Baroness Twycross would keep the brief, while Lisa Nandy remains in charge of the department.
The shift ends the presumption that penalty-like payments would go to GambleAware, after the charity’s closure and the levy’s arrival.
Six unlicensed websites carried its games, and the company agreed to a £4.75 million settlement.
The gambling group says the redundancies will hit central functions and are part of a broader efficiency drive, not a direct response to UK tax rises.
The rollout is live with several sportsbook brands and folds racing into the same wallet, bet slip and account flow as other sports.