Showing posts with label Gambling Commission. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gambling Commission. Show all posts

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Gambling Commission also regs TV

'Deal or no Deal' could be ruled illegal; the Gambling Commission has new powers to define gameshows or elements of TV shows with no element of skill as gambling, a topic OfCom has no formal position on. See http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/mar/13/deal-or-no-deal-gambling-c4
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The Gambling Commission will meet senior executives at Channel 4 in the next few days to discuss concerns that its hit teatime gameshow Deal or No Deal may constitute gambling.
Noel Edmonds on Deal or No Deal
To be banned? I'll give you evens it survives...
The commission is due to publish new advice on the implications of the Gambling Act for broadcasters and producers next month.
It is understood to have particular concerns about the Noel Edmonds gameshow, which broadcast for the first time on Channel 4 in 2005.