A bill designed to bring stricter regulation of gambling in Northern Ireland has received Royal Assent, meaning it has officially become law.
The UK Government is failing the most vulnerable by consistently delaying action to reign in Britain's permissive gambling laws, campaigners say.
The widow of a man who died after developing a chronic gambling addiction has hit out at Britain's permissive approach to betting adverts.
Betting companies in the UK are to be banned from using top-flight footballers and other sports personalities in their adverts under new plans designed to help problem gamblers.
A senior Conservative politician has hit out at "arrogant" betting companies and called for the introduction of a new Gambling Act "fit for the new digital age".
Press Release | CARE has urged the UK Government not to “kowtow” to betting industry lobbying designed to “hole plans for gambling reform below the waterline”.
While for some, gambling is just harmless fun, for a significant minority it causes genuine devastation. Our vision is to see laws passed that will help protect vulnerable problem gamblers.
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