Gambling Commission to be investigated
Parliamentary All-Party Betting and Gaming Group has announced the launch of an official inquiry into the effectiveness and competence of the Gambling Commission regulator in the UK. The group is made up of twelve legislators from the House of Lords and House Of Commons. Boris Johnson's government is conducting an investigation into state of iGaming industry.
Parliamentary All-Party Betting and Gaming Group will investigate the Gambling Commission. All operators and their advisers will be asked to contribute to the probe.
Scott Benton is the Co-Chair for the Parliamentary All-Party Betting and Gaming Group. Operators have until the end of October to submit their evidence via the APBGG website. All allegations are to remain anonymous.
Parliamentary All-Party Betting and Gaming Group wants to hear evidence concerning a trio of categories. The Gambling Commission may have acted ‘beyond the powers of a regulator’ and provided the industry with a level of service that is either of poor quality or incompetently delivered.
The Parliamentary All-Party Betting and Gaming Group wants to investigate the Gambling Commission. The group claims that industry members have complained about the commission's activities for a number of years. The Gabbling Commission's interim chief executive Andrew Rhodes was recently appointed.