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Government awards over £25m to gambling harm prevention charitiesThe UK government has allocated £25.4 million to charities working to help those with gambling harms over the next two years. The money has been allocated from funds raised by the statutory…
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Games with loot boxes to be given 16 age ratingPEGI, the pan-European system for age classification of video games has announced that games with paid random items, or ‘loot boxes’, will have a minimum rating of 16-years-old or older. The new…
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TV betting ads significantly increase gambling on Fifa world cupA study on gambling activity around the 2022 Fifa World Cup has found that TV betting advertisements significantly increased people’s betting. It raises questions about the effectiveness of current advertising rules ahead…
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Major wins in regulation of online pornography
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Scottish Parliament rejects Assisted Suicide Bill
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CARE for Scotland urges MSPs to reject assisted suicide ahead of…
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CARE for Scotland comment: Royal College of Psychiatrists switches to oppose…
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Slot machine shops pay staff based on gamblers’ lossesSome high street slot machine shops, which have increased in recent years, pay staff bonuses linked to revenue from gamblers’ losses.
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Watchdog warns 1.4 million Britons addicted to gamblingAn estimated 1.4 million adults in Britain are experiencing gambling-related harm, according to a major new study by the Gambling Commission.
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Prize draws from MacDonalds fuelling rise in gambling problemsThere has been a significant increase in the number of people experiencing problems with gambling, a new report has revealed.
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Former Ladbrokes owner executives charged with bribery and fraud
Eleven individuals, including former senior executives of Entain – the gambling group behind Ladbrokes and Coral – have been charged with a series of criminal offences including bribery, fraud, and tax evasion.…
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Tennis player highlights gambling-fuelled abuse in women’s sportBritish tennis player Katie Boulter has said that much of the abuse she receives on social media is driven by gamblers frustrated with losing bets.
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Gambling watchdog probes failures in self-exclusion schemeThe UK’s gambling regulator has said it is “very concerned” by findings that most adult gaming centres (AGCs) in one city failed to uphold a key protection for problem gamblers. The Gambling…
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Government must tackle gambling advertising, say MPs
The Health and Social Care Committee has raised the alarm over the serious harm caused by gambling, and warned the Government must take stronger action to protect vulnerable people. In a letter…
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