GambleAware, the U.K.’s leading charity for gambling harm prevention and treatment, will shut down by March 2026 as the government replaces the industry’s voluntary funding model with a mandatory statutory levy.
In April 2023, the U.K. government released its long-awaited Gambling White Paper, proposing a mandatory levy to ensure sustainable, independent funding for gambling harm efforts. “We have advocated for the introduction of a statutory system for many years,” Andy Boucher, chair at GambleAware, said.
