Gambling Commission announces partnership with Birmingham charity LoveBrum

The UK Gambling Commission has recently announced its partnership with Birmingham charity LoveBrum. The gambling regulator is also based out of Birmingham and will now be counted amongst the charity’s patrons. Moreover, the staff of the firm can now volunteer and support multiple causes in the city alongside LoveBrum.

Initiatives to help Birmingham become a better place

It was in the year 2015 when LoveBrum was established. The organization benefits through the funds that are raised by the National Lottery Community Fund. These funds are utilized to support good causes. Also, they are utilized in the initiatives taken by the firm as well as for the other cities to reach their funding too.

Gambling Commission express happiness on partnering with LoveBrum

In Birmingham, the executive director of the Gambling Commission, Sarah Gardner, believes that being an employer in the city, it is one's duty to extend support towards the local communities. She also says that charities such as LoveBrum make a lot of difference in the lives of people. So, it is a pleasure for the firm to be a part of it in some way. The Gambling Commission takes pride in having its employees experience volunteering with such charities in the city.

LoveBrum elated with the decision of partnership too

One of the main aims of the Gambling Commission is to regulate the functioning of the National Lottery. Thus, it assists in maximizing returns for good causes. The National Lottery was first created in 1994, and since then, it has raised £40 billion for various good causes across the whole of Britain. This also includes the National Lottery Community Fund, which is extending support towards LoveBrum. Sarah also mentioned that the company is glad to witness how the National Lottery funds are utilized in good things. 

On the other hand, Paul Mitchell, the executive director of LoveBrum, is also elated about the partnership. He believes that this partnership with the Gambling Commission is going to be an amazing one. Also, he is glad to have gotten their support in charity. Having the employees' support from the Gambling Commission would mean that LoveBrum would now be able to reach out to more people and thus, provide support for greater causes in Birmingham. This would be a positive change and will aid in making the city better at a faster rate. 

What about other European countries?

Recently, in Norway, the gambling regulator Lottstift has eliminated a total of 211 organizations from the register in which operators with approval for operating lottery as well as bingo for charitable purposes. As informed by NorskeCasino.casino, this was done because the lotteries and bingos were not able to meet the deadlines for reporting their accounts.

The income of the gambling operators will be greatly affected

Now, if an operator wishes to obtain the license for operating charitable lottery or bingo in Norway, it must have a turnover lesser than NKr700,000. Also, the operators that have a turnover lesser than NKr200,000 do not need any license. And, those with a turnover higher than the mentioned figure, must be approved by the regulator.

The organizations that have been suspended will not be able to offer bingo in the year 2020. Lottstift agrees that this would incur huge losses to the organizations in terms of income. Before this, there were 5400 organizations listed on the Lottery Register before 211 of them were removed as they failed to submit their reports.