Blog posts

Blog posts from teams across the Gambling Commission.

Your questions answered on the financial risk checks consultation

Since the launch of our first set of consultations on the Government's Gambling Act Review White Paper, there's been some misunderstandings around financial risk checks and what they really mean. We've answered some important questions to clarify the most frequent misconceptions.

7 September 2023 - Policy.
The impact of the World Cup on gambling attitudes and behaviours

With the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand reaching its final week and with England playing in the semi-final today, we thought it was a good time to share some findings about the impact of major sporting events.

16 August 2023 - Statistics and research.
Gambling Survey for Great Britain: Stakeholder engagement groups progress update (July 2023)

Last week we caught up with our three stakeholder engagement groups (Academics and/or Policy, Industry and Lived Experience) to provide an update on the Gambling Survey for Great Britain (GSGB) project.

26 July 2023 - Statistics and research.
Exploring the topic of withdrawing funds from accounts and what the data shows

Our Contact Centre continues to receive complaints from consumers about delays they experience when trying to withdraw funds from their gambling accounts. We explored the data to see what is going on.

17 July 2023 - Communications.
Commission welcomes ICO backing for consumer protection initiatives

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has been working with the Government and the Gambling Commission to support the delivery of new safeguards for gambling consumers.

13 July 2023 - Policy.
Update on our plans for Gambling Act Review implementation

This month will see the Gambling Commission open our first consultations in the implementation of the Government’s Gambling Act Review White Paper.

7 July 2023 - Policy.
Measuring the prevalence of problem gambling

Whilst millions of people enjoy gambling safely in Great Britain, we know there are also hundreds of thousands of people who face difficulties when it comes to gambling.

26 May 2023 - Statistics and research.
Our plans for implementation of the Gambling Act Review White Paper

Almost a week has passed since Secretary of State for DCMS, Lucy Frazer, unveiled the Gambling Act Review White Paper in the House of Commons. At the same time, we published our advice to Government for the Review.

3 May 2023 - Policy.
The experimental statistics phase: Gambling participation and prevalence project

The Gambling Commission recently held its first ‘Setting the Evidence Agenda’ Conference on 9 March.

19 April 2023 - Statistics and research.
Women and gambling: Making the invisible visible

Today is International Women's Day (IWD), a day to celebrate women and the important but often unacknowledged and unseen roles women play in society.

8 March 2023 - Communications.
Looking forward to the Setting the Evidence Agenda Conference

The Gambling Commission is a people-focused regulator that’s evidence-led. So we need the best data, the best research we can get, in order to do our job and make gambling safer, fairer and crime free here in Great Britain.

2 March 2023 - Statistics and research.
Solidarity with Ukraine - supporting and collaborating across borders

Today sadly marks one year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine with a minute’s silence taking place at 11am today to offer a moment of reflection for all of us.

24 February 2023 - Communications.
National Apprenticeship Week 2023

Last week was National Apprenticeship Week and I’m part of a small cohort of new starters here at the Gambling Commission who’ve chosen to start my career as an apprentice through a scheme launched by the Government Communications Service (GCS).

13 February 2023 - Communications.
The Commission at ICE 2023

ICE 2023 - ExCel London

10 February 2023 - Communications.
Reflecting our international collaboration – IAGR conference 2022

My colleague Jamie Wall recently wrote a blog about the work that we are doing here at the Commission developing our global role, including collaborating with our international colleagues.

15 December 2022 - Communications.