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Bishop warns football is grooming children into gambling
5 February 2019
The Bishop of St Albans, the Rt. Rev Alan Smith, spoke out this week about football’s spurious relationship with gambling, warning that children were being ‘groomed into gambling’.
More NI bookmakers announce reduction in FOBT maximum stake
25 January 2019
Highly addictive fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) in Northern Ireland will have the maximum stake dramatically cut to just £2, in a major victory for campaigners.
Bookies follow Ladbrokes lead to slash FOBTs stake in NI
23 January 2019
Paddy Power, William Hill and Coral will slash the maximum stake on highly addictive Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) in Northern Ireland, according to recent correspondence between a Belfast Councillor and the…
Peers urge Government to act on gambling-related harms
17 January 2019
This week in the House of Lords two peers used Oral Questions to push the Government to question what measures they were taking to tackle gambling-related harm in the UK.
Bishop to quiz Government over alarming rise of child gamblers
15 January 2019
Today at 2.30pm in the House of Lords the Bishop of St Albans, the Rt Rev Alan Smith, is to ask the Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of…
BLOG: We must reform our outdated gambling laws
8 January 2019
Yesterday Belfast City Council debated a motion proposed by Councillor John Kyle and seconded by Councillor Donal Lyons. It noted the damage done by problem gambling and calls for the Department for…
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