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Gambling Act review: how EU countries are tightening restrictions on ads and why the UK should too

When the 2005 Gambling Act was drafted the world was very different. Twitter, Facebook and YouTube didn’t exist. Gambling was often seen as a shady activity typically conducted in smoky high-street betting shops. You certainly couldn’t use a smartphone to gamble 24/7 with a couple of clicks.

The Conversation

Betting industry will ‘keep back funds from gambling harm charity’

In future 25% of Betting and Gaming Council funds will go to its own causes, says GambleAware

The Guardian - UK

England fans warned about risks of gambling ahead of World Cup 2022 clash with France

EXCLUSIVE: Research suggests 43 per cent of football fans will bet on the World Cup and there's a fear many could gamble more frequently due to the cost-of-living crisis

Irish Mirror

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Many football fans anxious about World Cup betting losses, poll suggests

Charity GambleAware is encouraging people who bet to manage their behaviour by deleting apps and setting a spending limit.

The Independent UK

Hairdresser blew £70,000 - two years' salary - in FOUR hours on online slot machines

Once she won tens of thousands over a week, Christine Tolaini then gambled the lot to lose £70,000 in just four hours. She said she 'hit rock bottom' and the crushing incident prompted her to get help

Daily Mirror

How UK gambling safeguards fail to defend online punters

An Observer investigation finds Stake.com, the Australian sponsor of Everton, could be benefiting from weak controls designed to prevent British customers betting with cryptocurrency

The Guardian - UK

Cost of living crisis ‘to prompt increase in harmful gambling among women’

GambleAware has launched a campaign to address the stigma around women who gamble

The Independent UK

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Cost of living crisis could lead to 'harmful increase' in gambling among women

Charity says that some women are turning to gambling in an attempt to increase their income but many suffer stress and anxiety as a result

Wales Online

Fears for increase in harmful gambling among women as cost of living bites

GambleAware said a quarter of women who already gamble expect to gamble more in the coming months due to the cost of living crisis.

The Independent UK

Twice as many gaming accounts belong to customers in most deprived areas – study

Some 29% of gaming accounts are registered to the most deprived areas while 13% come from the least deprived areas, researchers have found.

The Independent UK

Inaction on gambling addiction will bring more grief, says bereaved mother

Exclusive: government proposals to stop gambling deaths are ‘more of same system that killed Jack’, say parents of man who killed himself

The Guardian - UK

UK betting firms ‘must pay more’ to help high-risk gamblers

Industry increases donations to charities, but campaigners say more money is needed to protect gamblers

The Guardian - UK

‘I don’t want what happened to my husband happening to anyone else’: the widow campaigning for gambling law reform

It was only after Annie Ashton’s husband Luke took his own life that she realised he had been gambling in secret – sometimes up to 100 times a day on his phone. She wants urgent changes to the way the betting industry operates

The Guardian - UK

TV doctor Hilary Jones urges '1.4m punters suffering gambling harms' to seek help

The television GP called on gamblers to turn to the National Gambling Treatment Service, as research showed the extent of problems faced by some punters

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The Guardian - UK

Gambling addiction could be nine times higher than industry claims

Landmark study finds 1.4m being harmed and 1.5m at risk as government readies to unveil reform

The Guardian - UK

NHS severs links with GambleAware over industry connection concerns

Move comes as health service starts to distance itself from an industry officials believe is damaging UK’s mental health

The Independent UK

Number of women treated for gambling doubles in five years

‘Women’s motivations for gambling are to escape the pressure of everyday life,’ says head of GambleAware charity

The Guardian - UK

Up to 1 million women in UK at risk of harm from gambling, study finds

GambleAware also finds traffic to online casino and bingo sites popular with women peaks in winter

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