The warning comes from gambling harms awareness and prevention campaigners – Deal Me Out (DMO), who have published the Evaluation Report on Black Market Gamblingand its UK presence.
Significantly, the report seeks to provide the perspective of those who have engaged with unlicensed operators, offering audiences a deeper understanding of vulnerabilities and the reasons individuals turn to black market gambling.
The report states: “Over the last five years, we have become increasingly concerned about the surprising prevalence of illegal gambling in the United Kingdom, particularly among children and vulnerable people. Since our inception, we have witnessed regulation that was intended to prevent harm at a population level, but which may in fact be worsening harm for those most at risk.”
“Deal Me Out has been heartened..
