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Evolution pays UK settlement after gambling games reached unlicensed British websites investigation

Evolution pays UK settlement after gambling games reached unlicensed British websites investigation

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Evolution Malta Holding Limited has agreed to pay £4.75 million ($6.38 million) after a UK Gambling Commission investigation found its online casino games were being supplied to unlicensed gambling websites that could be accessed by consumers in Great Britain. The agreement concludes a licence review that began in December 2024 and closes a regulatory matter that lasted for more than a year while the company worked with the regulator. The commission launched its investigation after discovering five genuine Evolution games on six websites operated by two businesses without Gambling Commission licences. Those websites attracted substantial traffic from British consumers between December 2023 and November 2024.  Evolution Malta Holding Limited will pay a £4.75 million settlement after a Commission investigation revealed its games appeared on six unlicensed websites accessible to consumers in Great Britain. To read more about this, visit our website https://t.co/06a91sgENr pic.twitter.com/fnEl2hyH7n — Gambling Commission (@GamRegGB) July 23, 2026 Regulators identified what appeared to be Evolution titles in August 2024, informed the company in December, and Evolution confirmed the games were authentic. It then …

Tabcorp pays more than .9M after ACMA uncovers widespread breaches

Tabcorp pays more than $1.9M after ACMA uncovers widespread breaches

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Tabcorp has paid more than AUD 2.7 million ($1.9 million) in penalties after Australia’s communications regulator found the wagering giant repeatedly broke telemarketing and spam laws by contacting customers who had opted out of marketing, calling numbers on the Do Not Call Register, and ignoring basic telemarketing rules.  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) announced the enforcement action on 22 July after investigations covering more than a year of activity involving the company’s VIP customer marketing program. Tabcorp compliance failures trigger sweeping ACMA regulatory sanctions ACMA said Tabcorp made 351 telemarketing calls to numbers on the Do Not Call Register without consent, placed 82 calls outside permitted hours, and made nearly 4,000 calls without properly identifying the caller or explaining the purpose of the call. The regulator also found the company sent more than 217,000 marketing emails and SMS messages over 16 days to customers who had already unsubscribed. The findings combined several investigations completed over the past two years. One inquiry covering February to May 2024 found 283 breaches of the Do Not …

BBC pays tribute to commentator’s missing cat after viral World Cup moment

BBC pays tribute to commentator’s missing cat after viral World Cup moment

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The BBC included a subtle tribute to Danny Murphy’s late childhood cat at the close of its World Cup final coverage on Sunday (19 July). Former footballer Murphy, went viral earlier this month after sharing an impromptu anecdote about his cat, named Bob, while commentating on the fixture between Ivory Coast and Norway. Revealing that Bob went missing after jumping in a Royal Mail van, Murphy drew bemused reactions from viewers, many of whom likened him to Steve Coogan’s bungling radio-jock character Alan Partridge. Viewers spotted a reference to Bob the cat in the BBC’s closing montage for Sunday night’s cup final – a match that saw a dominant Spain land a 1-0 victory in extra time over a bad-tempered Argentina side. Danny Murphy (left) commentating during the World Cup (BBC) Underneath a section crediting the broadcaster’s co-commentators for the tournament …

Climate funding: Who pays for the transition? | Business and Economy

Climate funding: Who pays for the transition? | Business and Economy

Published by Sam Flores

Developed nations are cutting climate funding, but developing countries still need billions to adapt. Developed countries grew wealthy from burning fossil fuels, the biggest driver of climate change.Poorer nations – which did little to create the crisis – spend billions to recover from floods and droughts.They need at least $2 trillion every year to respond and adapt to extreme weather conditions.Rich nations have promised to help pay, but the funding gap is widening.In fact, some of the world’s biggest donors are now cutting aid.And the World Bank has dropped its climate finance target.Is the global system built to protect the world’s most vulnerable people, or is it failing them? Published On 16 Jul 202616 Jul 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

Who pays the cost when Americans opt out of science?

Who pays the cost when Americans opt out of science?

Published by Jenni Sidey

I had thought science denial would hit a bottom — that once people began to experience the direct consequences of being wrong, of holding fast to beliefs that were demonstrably at odds with well-established science, they would drop those beliefs. It turns out I was wrong.  As a research scientist who’s also dedicated many years to science communication, coming to grips with this truth has been hard. It leaves us all facing difficult questions about how science and society can — or cannot — co-evolve when so many are opting out of science. How we address these questions may determine the fate of democratic societies in a world where excellence in science translates directly into both soft and hard power. Science denial has little to do with science My first experience with this kind of science opt-out (I’ll also call it “denial”) came in the late 2000s when I was writing a science blog for a major U.S. news outlet. Anytime I’d write a piece about climate change, the comments section would quickly fill up …

Apple’s Steady iPhone Pricing Pays Off as Rivals Scramble

Apple’s Steady iPhone Pricing Pays Off as Rivals Scramble

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Apple captured a record 20% share of the global smartphone market in the second quarter of 2026, even as worldwide shipments fell 4% year-over-year amid an ongoing memory chip shortage, according to a new report from Omdia. It is Apple’s best second-quarter showing on record, landing in what is normally its slowest stretch of the year. Omdia credits this to a strong iPhone 17 upgrade cycle, as well as Apple keeping prices flat across the lineup while rivals were forced to raise theirs. The firm still flagged that Apple raised prices on other products late in the quarter, which raises the question of whether iPhone pricing will follow suit later this year. The wider industry slump traces back to a memory chip shortage that has pushed component costs sharply higher, with some vendors reportedly paying several times more for memory than a year ago. Samsung was the only other major vendor to grow, holding the top overall spot at 22% share as Chinese competitors pulled back their lineups and raised prices to cope. Omdia expects …

Mel Schilling’s husband pays emotional tribute to late MAFS UK star on wedding anniversary

Mel Schilling’s husband pays emotional tribute to late MAFS UK star on wedding anniversary

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Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Married At First Sight UK star Mel Schilling’s husband has paid an emotional tribute to the relationship expert on what would have been their eighth wedding anniversary. Schilling died in March at the age of 54, after a two-year cancer battle. In a post on the star’s Instagram account, her husband Gareth Brisbane marked their wedding anniversary by telling fans it was “hard to reconcile that the anniversary of the happiest day of my life could become one of the saddest”. “We didn’t quite make 8 years married or 15 years together but what a love and what a life we had!” he wrote. “By the end of our first date I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you and my love for you burned ever brighter, even as your own light faded.” “Sleep easy my …

Benjamin Netanyahu pays tribute to Lindsey Graham, “a great friend of Israel”

Benjamin Netanyahu pays tribute to Lindsey Graham, “a great friend of Israel”

Published by Sam Flores

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Graham a “great friend of Israel.” “In our recent meeting, I said, ‘Lindsey is a great friend of Israel and a cherished friend of mine. We have no better friend than Lindsey.’ Lindsey understood that the security of Israel and America are inseparable,” he said in a statement released by his office. “He devoted his life to defending America, strengthening our alliance and standing up for the free world. Israel has lost one of its greatest friends.” Our correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky tells us more. Keywords for this article Source link

Prince Louis wants job at Wimbledon Princess Kate reveals – but it only pays £200 | Royal | News

Prince Louis wants job at Wimbledon Princess Kate reveals – but it only pays £200 | Royal | News

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Prince Louis has set his sights on one of the most sought-after jobs at Wimbledon after the Princess of Wales revealed the young royal wants to become one of the tournament’s famous ball boys. Kate shared the charming family insight as she arrived at the All England Club on Saturday to watch the women’s singles final before presenting the winner’s trophy on Centre Court. The Princess, wearing a bright strawberry-red belted top and pleated midi skirt, chatted to members of Wimbledon staff during a behind-the-scenes visit. Speaking to 18-year-old court services team member Jenna Fontanilla, Kate revealed that eight-year-old Prince Louis had been quizzing her about how he could become a ball boy. Ms Fontanilla later said: “She told me about how Louis was asking her about how to become a ball boy, and we were talking about how much hard work it is to be on court and how we work alongside the ball kids, and it’s just so lovely.” If Louis does eventually fulfil his ambition, however, he should not expect a royal …

The Archers legend pays tribute to “surrogate mother” Patricia Greene

The Archers legend pays tribute to “surrogate mother” Patricia Greene

Published by Daniella Wilson

Cast and crew of The Archers have paid tribute to the late Patricia Greene following her death, aged 95. The star, affectionately known as Paddy, was the longest-running soap actress in the world – having made her debut as the loving but stern matriarch Jill Archer in the BBC Radio soap in 1957. Greene continued to play a prominent role on the soap for nearly 70 years up until her passing. The news was announced on Friday (10 July) at the end of the Today programme. The announcement said: “Jill Archer was famed for her baking. While her lemon drizzle was her signature it was her flapjack that made the headlines when she was arrested at a protest over food waste.” BBC Radio 4 controller Mohit Bakaya also praised Greene’s “outstanding” contribution to the soap in a statement which read: “It has been a pleasure to hear her ever-evolving portrayal of Jill over the decades. Greene passed away yesterday. Radio Times Archive “She leaves a wonderful legacy. Ambridge will not be the same without her, and …