Blog posts
Blog posts from teams across the Gambling Commission.
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From gaps to roadmaps: Our updated research priorities
Our Head of Evidence Assurance and Evaluation David Taylor introduces our Evidence Roadmaps which set out the priority research themes needed to build a robust evidence base for gambling in Great Britain.
23 October 2025 - Statistics and research.
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Changes to customer-led tools - financial limits
Our Senior Policy Manager Julie Williams talks about our work to empower consumers through improving Customer-led tools, looking at the changes to financial limits coming into effect this month and next summer.
23 October 2025 - Policy.
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Confronting the threat: how we’re tackling illegal gambling in Great Britain
Our Director of Enforcement and Intelligence John Pierce outlines our enforcement and disruption activity in tackling illegal online gambling, highlighting the work of the Illegal Markets Team.
21 October 2025 - Enforcement.
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Our Senior Manager for Market and Regulatory Insight Jennifer Barnfield-Tubb provides an overview of horizon scanning at the Gambling Commission.
9 October 2025 - Insight.
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The ups and downs of estimating trends in consumer engagement with illegal online gambling
Our Head of Data Innovation Hub Tim Livesley introduces the second instalment in a series of reports examining the illegal gambling market in Great Britain, which focuses on trends in consumer engagement with illegal gambling websites.
30 September 2025 - Statistics and research.
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Building the illegal market evidence base – starting with taking a consumer–driven approach
Our Director of Research and Statistics Ben Haden provides reflections on the implications of our consumer research into the online illegal market.
18 September 2025 - Statistics and research.
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Gambling Survey for Great Britain - updates and upcoming activities
The Gambling Survey for Great Britain (GSGB) project team has had an exceptionally busy summer, with a number of updates to share.
28 August 2025 - Statistics and research.
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Commercial restrictions by betting operators
Our Chief Executive Andrew Rhodes discusses the practice of commercial restrictions being placed on customer accounts by gambling operators, following a Commission data request to some of the largest online real-event betting providers earlier this year.
23 July 2025 - Communications.
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Enhancing our core operational functions: What this means for you
Our Director of Licensing in Operations, Danielle Trigg, shares some insight into the large digital change programme currently happening at the Gambling Commission and what this means for operators throughout this ongoing transition and the future of regulation.
22 July 2025 - Licensing.
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High Value Customer schemes: new findings
Our Head of Evidence Assurance and Evaluation David Taylor introduces new findings looking at the ongoing impact of changes to High Value Customer schemes.
17 July 2025 - Statistics and research.
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Our Director of Policy Bryony Sheldon shares feedback from our Spring Conference and outlines some of the next steps regarding the evaluation of the Gambling Act Review.
28 May 2025 - Policy.
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Financial risk assessments pilot – update on Stage two
Our Director of Major Policy Projects and Evaluation Helen Rhodes provides a further update on the ongoing pilot of financial risk assessments.
21 May 2025 - Policy.
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Understanding the Consequences of Gambling: Using Lived Experience to Shape Research
Our Senior Research and Statistics Analyst Amandeep Manku introduces new research developed in collaboration with NatCen and our Lived Experience Advisory Panel, on the wider range of adverse consequences of gambling.
8 May 2025 - Statistics and research.
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Women and Gambling on International Women’s Day 2025
Our Senior Research and Statistics Analyst Amandeep Manku explores what our Gambling Survey for Great Britain data tells us about women's experiences of gambling.
10 March 2025 - Statistics and research.
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Young people’s experiences of gambling – qualitative research findings
Commission Research and Impact Manager Lauren Cole discusses the findings from our recently published Young People and Gambling Qualitative Research.
3 March 2025 - Statistics and research.
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