Callum Granger

Jun 13, 2024 | lexology.com | Simon Hembt |Toby Bond |Elizabeth Dunn |Callum Granger

It is no secret that the gambling industry is undergoing a period of prolonged and unprecedented regulatory change, with a combination of previously unregulated or restricted territories introducing domestic point of consumption regulation, and those pre-existing regulated territories increasingly implementing new requirements, standard and restrictions.

Apr 24, 2024 | lexology.com | Elizabeth Dunn |Callum Granger

Millions of transactions are conducted at a distance every day, and the use of digital identity verification technologies have emerged as a means of combatting the risk of fraud associated with these transactions and allowing people to access certain good and services by proving their age and identity. Here we examine the progress of digital identities in the UK to date and consider what regulatory milestones lie ahead. What are digital identities?

Mar 18, 2024 | today.westlaw.com | Callum Granger |Elizabeth Dunn

(March 22, 2024) - Callum Granger and Elizabeth Dunn of Bird & Bird analyze the Advertising Standards Authority's finding that a gambling ad featuring a retired football player strongly appealed to U.K. youth and implications for future scrutiny by the independent regulator. The ASA has handed down its latest ruling on the use of footballers in gambling ads, this time examining an ad featuring footballer Adebayo (the Beast) Akinfenwa.

Feb 29, 2024 | lexology.com | Andy Danson |Elizabeth Dunn |Callum Granger

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (“DCMS”) has announced that new limits for online slot gaming will be introduced from September 2024. BackgroundFollowing the publication of the gambling white paper in April 2023 (“White Paper”), multiple stages of consultation have been launched by the DCMS and the Gambling Commission to test the proposals set out in the white paper and drive policy forwards.