Blog posts
Blog posts from teams across the Gambling Commission.
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Evaluating the impact of the Gambling Act Review
Our head of evidence assurance and evaluation David Taylor, talks through the evaluation thinking ahead of potential changes in connection with the Gambling Act Review.
19 March 2024 - Statistics and research.
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Gambling Survey for Great Britain – Wave 1 results published
Our director of research and statistics, Ben Haden, talks through the launch of the first wave of data from the Gambling Survey for Great Britain, and the plans for the future.
29 February 2024 - Statistics and research.
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Financial risk next steps – February 2024
Our Executive Director of Research and Policy Tim Miller provides an update on next steps for financial risk checks to help tackle gambling harms.
22 February 2024 - Policy.
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Looking ahead to the Fourth National Lottery Licence and what it means to you
Our executive director for the Fourth National Lottery Competition John Tanner discusses the impending launch of the licence, which is scheduled for 1 February 2024, and what it means.
16 January 2024 - 4NLC.
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Widening the scope of GAMSTOP to include telephone and email betting
Our policy senior manager Graham Burgin talks through the actions telephone and email betting gambling businesses will need to take to participate in the GAMSTOP multi-operator self-exclusion scheme from 1 April 2024.
18 December 2023 - Policy.
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Our head of statistics Helen Bryce talks through the data released for the Gambling Survey for Great Britain.
23 November 2023 - Statistics and research.
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Looking forward to our second round of Gambling Act Review consultations
Our Executive Director of Research and Policy Tim Miller talks through plans for the second round of Gambling Act Review consultations.
15 November 2023 - Policy.
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Making better use of operator data
Operator data is a rich resource in terms of ensuring how we understand how the market is developing, appreciate how interventions we make are (or aren’t) having an impact and at a fundamental level ensure we charge the right fees and can forecast and manage income and finances.
6 October 2023 - Statistics and research.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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