Interim appointment to the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board - Russell Hoyle joins as industry expert

Press release

Date: 28 June 2011

The Gambling Commission is pleased to welcome Russell Hoyle to the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (RGSB) as an industry expert. His appointment (which is on an interim basis, running initially until the end of 2011) was strongly recommended to the Commission by Julia Neuberger, Chair of the RGSB and follows the resignation of Neil Goulden.

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Notes to editors

The Gambling Commission

  1. 1. The Gambling Commission (the Commission) regulates gambling in the public interest alongside its co-regulators local licensing authorities. It does so by keeping crime out of gambling, by ensuring that gambling is conducted fairly and openly, and by protecting children and vulnerable people from being harmed or exploited by gambling. The Commission also provides independent advice to government on gambling in Britain. 
  2. 2. The Commission and local licensing authorities are responsible for licensing and regulating all gambling in Great Britain other than the National Lottery and spread betting, which are the responsibility of the National Lottery Commission and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) respectively.  
  3. 3. See the Terms & Conditions section of our website for information on legal advice.  
  4. 4. The development and delivery of the research, education and treatment elements of a national responsible gambling strategy are coordinated through three bodies –
    - the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board to advise on the research, education and treatment components of the national responsible gambling strategy
    - a single purpose fundraising body (The GREaT (Gambling Research, Education and Treatment) Foundation, formerly the Responsibility in Gambling Trust)
    - a distribution body (the Responsible Gambling Fund - RGF). 
  5. 5. The resignation of Neil Goulden followed his appointment as Chairman of The GREaT Foundation earlier this month. See press release on the GREaT website.  

Further information

  1. Further information is available from the Commission's website. Gambling Commission: John Travers on (0121) 230 6700 or communications@gamblingcommission.gov.uk.