This evaluation explores the pilot implementation of the Residential Rehabilitation Service forGambling Disorder with Complex and Co-morbid Presentation. It provides early evidence aboutestablishing and delivering this new service, and of the outcomes of the service for the people itsupports. Key findings: There is a high level of need for this kind of support- This study…
Expert lawyers say Gambling Commission remains vague on definition of “frictionless” checks The UK Gambling Commission announced its next steps for the introduction of financial risk checks, yesterday (February 23), in a blog from Gambling Commission Executive Director of Policy Development Tim Miller. The hugely controversial move will be debated in the House of Commons…
DCMS unveils ‘landmark’ rule with U-25s limited to £2 stake The UK government has confirmed that staking limits will be applied to online slot games from September as a guaranteed player protection measure following the Gambling Review, under its White Paper consultation. The decision was announced by Stuart Andrew MP, Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Culture,…
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has announced that it will proceed with the next steps to implement affordability checks on remote gambling operators. The decision was announced this afternoon by Tim Miller, Executive Director of Policy Development for the Gambling Commission. Affordability checks were deemed a key protection needed to “identify and take action for customers who may be…
The newly published scoping study – ‘LGBTQ+ People and Gambling Harms: A Scoping Review’ – was commissioned by GambleAware to build an understanding of the lived experience of gambling harm amongst the LGBTQ+ community in Great Britain. Researchers from the University of Brighton completed the study by analysing articles published between 2000 and 2023 on gambling harms…
Betting limits, warning messages and self-exclusion tools to be introduced
Gambling Commission CEO Andrew Rhodes made a plea for reasonableness, when addressing the crowd at ICE
There are a couple of things the sports betting industry can agree on when it comes to advertising. One is that there is a growing number of people who believe the extent of sports betting ads is problematic. The other is that there is no clear-cut answer regarding the best approach to addressing those concerns.…