{"id":2600,"date":"2020-01-21T12:36:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T12:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=2600"},"modified":"2026-04-24T08:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:43:19","slug":"uk-underage-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/uk-underage-gambling","title":{"rendered":"UK operators dismiss accusations over underage gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After getting accusations of promoting underage gambling, UK operators have issued statements to deny the \u201ccompletely untrue\u201d accusations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

UK.- Minors gambling is a serious matter and no proper industry wants to see it happen. However, The Sunday Times accused UK operators of promoting underage gambling after gaining access to certain data. Of course, most companies have already dismissed the accusations as they are \u201ccompletely untrue\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMedia reports that betting companies have access to the Learning Records Service database are untrue,\u201d gambling industry trade body the Betting and Gaming Council said. \u201cGB Group (accused of providing data) provides age verification services to a range of organisations from banks to government agencies and betting companies.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flutter said: \u201cThe claims made in the Sunday Times (\u2026) are completely untrue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn fact the reverse is true. We use the company solely for age and identity verification services. That\u2019s in order to ensure that no customer can open an account without confirming they are over 18.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe only information 32Red has access to is confirmation or rejection that the person requesting to open an account with us is over the age of 18,\u201d 32Red said. \u201cNot specific details about that person,\u201d the company added on the report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After getting accusations of promoting underage gambling, UK operators have issued statements to deny the \u201ccompletely untrue\u201d accusations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"UK iGaming operators, including Flutter and 32Red, along with the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), have vehemently denied accusations by The Sunday Times of promoting underage gambling. The controversy centers on the alleged misuse of the Learning Records Service database via age verification service provider GB Group, with operators asserting their use of such services is strictly for confirming age 18+ status without accessing specific personal details.","focusai_entities":"Betting and Gaming Council, GB Group, Flutter, 32Red, The Sunday Times","focusai_location":"UK","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Data Access Protocols","query":"What specific data access protocols and contractual agreements are in place between UK iGaming operators and third-party age verification providers like GB Group to ensure compliance with data protection regulations and prevent unauthorized access to sensitive personal data beyond age confirmation?"},{"label":"Regulatory Response Outlook","query":"Given the public accusations and industry denials, what immediate and long-term actions are anticipated from the Gambling Commission or other UK regulatory bodies to investigate these claims and potentially reinforce age verification governance frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,2234,156],"tags":[229,337,3019],"class_list":["post-2600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elsewhere-news","category-emea","category-regulation-news","tag-gambling","tag-regulation","tag-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2600"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21248,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600\/revisions\/21248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}