The Latest Breaking News from Gambling With Lives

Gambling ads in football creating ‘tidal wave of normalisation’, Lords told

James Grimes, from Gambling with Lives, said gambling advertising and sponsorship in football is a ‘priority issue’.

Evening Standard · Jun 17

Support programme aims to address ‘highly addictive’ nature of modern gambling

Chapter One has been developed by Gambling with Lives, a charity founded in 2018 by families bereaved by gambling suicide.

Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2025

Ask certain patients about gambling habits, health workers told

Health workers have been urged to step in and help patients at an earlier stage.

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025

‘There will be more people dying’: mother whose daughter took own life criticises gambling white paper

Kay Wadsworth’s daughter Kimberly died aged 32 after a struggle with gambling addiction

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2023

Ban all gambling adverts, say more than half of Britons

Poll backs blanket ban on ads but white paper is expected to opt for levy on betting firms’ profits

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023

I was addicted to betting on football – a ban on ads on the front of shirts is nowhere near enough

You can see about 700 gambling ads in every Premier League game. Each one is a potential hook into a lifetime of addiction, says James Grimes of the charity Gambling with Lives

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2023

Removal of betting ads from Premier League shirts ‘a start’ – bereaved father

John Myers, whose son took his own life, said the removal of betting sponsorship from the front of shirts is a ‘small victory’.

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2023

I lost my son to a gambling addiction. Firms must change, not pay fines that are dwarfed by profits

The greed of gambling companies can be linked to hundreds of suicides in the UK every year, says Liz Ritchie of Gambling with Lives

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2023

Dad welcomes GAA initiative to tackle gambling after losing son to suicide

"It's the casino in your pocket, the mobile phone, that's the biggest problem."

Belfast Live · Mar 14, 2023

A gambling white paper by Easter would be a turn-up for the books

A shakeup may cover maximum stakes and a statutory levy on gaming firms, but football sponsorship deals remain a thorny issue

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2023