I’VE written here recently that the failure of the Gambling Commission to deal with the problem of betting firms deciding to void bets was merely going to encourage more behaviour of that ilk.

In the first two instances, with BetBright and 188Bet, the decision to void outstanding bets was justified by the firms as they were ceasing sportsbook activities, but while this caused the commission some concern, the end result was that they felt the end result was justifiable, and that’s what causes the problem.