GambleAware CEO Zoë Osmond has written to to UK MP Layla Moran, the Chair of the Health & Social Care Select Committee, to complain about the evidence given in a recent session on gambling harm. The controversial testimony of Director of the Southern Gambling Treatment Clinic Sam Chamberlain, University of Glasgow Professor Heather Wardle and…
Regulus Partners’ Dan Waugh has dismantled GambleAware’s latest research paper aimed at arguing for a more prohibitive approach to gambling regulation Last week, GambleAware published a new report from Bournemouth University looking at which types of gambling pose the highest risks of harm. In its press release accompanying the research, it went on to call…
Research also claims smartphone gambling more problematic than gambling on laptops GambleAware, the UK charity and commissioner of gambling harms prevention and treatment services, has published a new report from Bournemouth University looking at which types of gambling pose the highest risks of harm. The study, Relative Risks of Gambling Products within Great Britain, comprised…
If you missed yesterday’s GambleAware Annual Conference, you can watch the whole seven hours here. Or jump to the bits that interest you. Highlights include Gambling Minister Baroness Twycross explaining the next steps with the RET Levy and threatening new measures on advertising; and Gambling Commission Executive Director Tim Miller making a plea for industry…
Gambling Commission Executive Director Tim Miller used his speech at the GambleAware conference in London to encourage collaboration between all parts of the gambling ecosystem, while chastising those who sow division and misuse statistics for political gain. Miller was speaking at GambleAware’s annual conference, which brought together the player protection community to discuss the outcome…
Campaigners claimed levy doesn’t go far enough, while treatment providers are concerned at the lack of a prevention commissioner, and independence remains a key concern “Of all the policies set out in the previous government’s white paper, this is the most significant and ill-considered,” Regulus Partners’ Dan Waugh told the Player Protection Hub. “It effectively…
UK player harm charity GambleAware has called for public health warnings on gambling adverts, as research shows that messaging over gambling risks is not cutting through with the public. Researchers found the UK industry’s ‘Take Time To Think’ slogan was inadequate and should be replaced with the following messages: GambleAware Chief Communications Officer Alexia Clifford…
Dan Waugh of Regulus Partners has spotted a change in the public policy discourse on gambling. The Good Law Project’s complaint to the Charity Commission has sparked something of a rebellion on social media, as those in the lived experience community grow tired of the anti-gambling lobby’s dirty tricks
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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,…