Budget: Mecca Bingo and Grosvenor Casinos owner reveals £50m hit November 26, 2025 The owner of Mecca Bingo and Grosvenor Casinos has warned changes announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in her Budget will cost it around £46m. Rank Group, which is a member of the FTSE 250, said the increase in Remote Gaming Duty in the Budget will significant up its tax burden. The company’s chief executive said [...]
Gambling industry will see job losses if taxes hiked, Chancellor warned November 25, 2025 The gambling industry and high street could be hit with job losses if the Chancellor hikes taxes on betting, the Betting and Gaming Council has warned. Rachel Reeves is expected to target so-called “sin taxes” at Wednesday’s budget, alongside a number of other areas – from ISAs to income tax thresholds to VAT – to [...]
Pensions, motorists and workers: The tax targets Rachel Reeves is eyeing up November 7, 2025 If there is one thing that is clear three weeks out from the Autumn Budget, it is that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will hike taxes. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which scores the economic impacts of the government’s policies and publishes forecasts on public finances, has been questioned for being over optimistic on measures such [...]
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Investigation finds 150 referees with betting accounts, one individual placed 18,000 bets October 28, 2025 A five-year investigation into referees found that over 150 were actively gambling, with one individual allegedly placing over 18,000 bets. Turkey’s football federation chief Ibrahim Ethem Haciosmanoglu claimed the half-decade investigation into officials in the country found that 371 of 571 match officials have gambling accounts with 152 of those currently active. He revealed at [...]
Exclusive: Reeves risks Black Market Britain with gambling tax hike October 27, 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves risks creating “Black Market Britain” if next month’s Budget sees significant tax raids on the gambling sector. Industry insiders have warned of the potentially catastrophic impact on bookmakers and gambling firms if levies on betting and online slot machines are hiked in line with recommendations by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The [...]
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Prize draw operator Winvia plots London float October 20, 2025 The London listings revival is gathering pace as prize draw operator Winvia today confirmed plans for an initial public offering (IPO) in the capital. The Omaze rival is set to list on London’s junior AIM market, seeking to raise around £40m from the sale of new shares at an expected valuation of around £200m. Winvia [...]
Betfred founder: Tax rises are “biggest threat” to the industry October 19, 2025 Betfred shops could vanish from UK high streets if Chancellor Rachel Reeves carries out a potential tax raid in the November budget, the company’s co-founder and chairman has warned. Fred Done, who founded the business in 1967 with his brother, hailed tax rises as the “biggest threat” to the industry he has seen in his [...]