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Speech by UKGC’s Acting Joint CEO includes comment on PG rates, Affordability and Reduction of gambling-related harm

The Gambling Commission’s Acting Joint Chief Executive Sarah Gardner has today (20 May 2021) delivered a speech entitled “Reducing risks, tackling harms” at the Shard Financial Vulnerability Summit 2021, focusing on the Commission’s work to tackle vulnerability and gambling harm. You can download her speech below. Points of note include the following. 1. Problem gambling rates […]

0% margin claim in Marathonbet ads found not to be misleading

A highly technical analysis conducted by the Advertising Standards Authority (with the benefit of advice from the Gambling Commission) has resulted in the following Facebook post and a paid-for Facebook ad for Marathonbet, containing “0% margin” claims, being found not to be misleading. The Facebook post, dated 12 August 2020, stated “We’re offering 0% margin […]

CSJ’s “Not a game” report – an interesting contribution to the ongoing affordability debate

Established in 2004, the Centre for Social Justice (“CSJ”) is an independent think-tank that studies the root causes of Britain’s social problems and addresses them by recommending practical, workable policy interventions. The CSJ’s stated ‘vision’ is “to give people in the UK who are experiencing the worst multiple disadvantages and injustice every possible opportunity to […]

New research focuses on gambling by young adults in the UK during the first COVID-19 lockdown

The Journal of Gambling Studies has published an article entitled “Gambling by Young Adults in the UK During COVID-19 Lockdown” (Emond, A., Nairn, A., Collard, S. et al. Gambling by Young Adults in the UK During COVID-19 Lockdown. J Gambl Stud (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-021-10029-y). The Abstract summarising the research findings that form the basis of the article reads as […]

David Clifton to chair 4th Annual KnowNow Conference

David Clifton will have the pleasure of chairing the 4th Annual KnowNow conference on 29 and 30 June 2021. As matters stand, this will be a ‘hybrid’ conference, i.e. a socially distanced audience at the London venue (50-52 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1HL) and a digital attendance option for those who are unable to travel. […]

Online surveys tend to over-estimate the prevalence of gambling harms

GambleAware has published a report entitled ‘Methodological factors affecting estimates of the prevalence of gambling harm in the United Kingdom: A multi-survey study’ (authored by Professor Patrick Sturgis and Professor Jouni Kuha of the London School of Economics) arising from research it commissioned to determine best practices for estimating the level of gambling participation and […]

UKGC suspends remote ELM operating licence of Lottery England Limited

The Gambling Commission has today (14 May 2021) published the following Information Notice announcing that it has suspended the remote operating licence held since December 2014 by External Lottery Manager, Lottery England Limited: Information notice: Suspension of licence – Lottery England Limited The Gambling Commission has instigated a review under s116 of the Gambling Act […]