Articles by Author: Steve Donoughue

Steve Donoughue has been a management consultant specializing in the business strategy and politics of the gambling industry for over 25 years. Becoming KPMG's gambling consultant after working at the University of Salford's Centre for the Study of Gambling, Donoughue has been a freelance consultant for the majority of his career, working around the world on both online and bricks and mortar projects. He has advised most of the major operators and suppliers, governments, trade associations and regulators over this period. Most recently Donoughue has advised the government of the Turks & Caicos Islands on overhauling their gambling laws and the Dutch Finance Ministry on Casinos Holland. He has spoken at, chaired and designed a multitude of gambling conferences over the years and has published many articles, mostly on UK gambling politics. Donoughue is the Secretariat of the UK Parliamentary All Party Betting & Gaming Group, a part-time PhD student researching the history of the Gambling Act 2005 and in 2011/12, Steve was special adviser to the UK Parliament's Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee inquiry into gambling. Donoughue runs www.GamblingConsultant.co.uk Limited, the UK's leading licensing and compliance advisory service.