UK sports-betting evolving to USA- Warwick Bartlett, Dir, Global Betting & Gaming Consultants
Channel: NewsCraft
Date: 19/09/2018

http://DemoCastMedia.com/  Warwick Bartlett - Director, Global Betting and Gaming Consultants. "I started out as a bookmaker with a single betting shop in 1966, eventually expanding to 20 shops, before selling some to Coral in 1984.  

I formed the British Betting Office Association (BBOA) in 1992, which then merged with the Betting Office Licensees Association (BOLA) to become the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB), where I served as chairman from 2001 to 2013.” 
Some notable successes along the way:

• Organised the first conference for bookmakers and sports betting.

• Instrumental in bringing South African Racing to the UK betting shops during the big freeze of 1978/9.

• GBGC first to introduce the term gross gaming yield which became the benchmark for taxing winnings instead of revenue.

• Presented the argument to the Secretary of State for introducing a betting tax on gross profits. The gross profits tax was Will Roseff’s idea.

• Promoted the idea of Malta to become an e-gaming jurisdiction to Malta’s UK ambassador. 

• Promoted the idea to SIS to sell the BAGS service to betting shops in Europe.

• Warned the UK gaming sector well in advance of the smoking ban that it would be detrimental to its business.

• Global Betting and Gaming Consultants (GBGC), founded in 1999, published the first meaningful report on the global gambling industry. GBGC’s Global Gambling Report is now in its 13th edition.