Blog posts
Blog posts from teams across the Gambling Commission.
Posts from the Communications team
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This National Apprenticeship Week two former apprentices Fran and Lianne and current apprentice Anthony share their experiences of learning and working ‘on the job’ here at the Gambling Commission.
14 February 2025 - Communications.
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With a busy recruitment market at the moment and a huge amount of competition for talent, we wanted to share some stories of our newest joiners to explore what attracted them to the Gambling Commission as an employer and how they are finding their new roles.
26 October 2021 - Communications.
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New joiners to the National Lottery team
With a busy recruitment market at the moment and a huge amount of competition for talent, we wanted to share some stories of our newest joiners to explore what attracted them to the Gambling Commission as an employer and how they are finding their new roles.
15 October 2021 - Communications.
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Longstanding colleagues here at the Commission
Having recently written a series of blogs about our new joiners, here in our final blog in the series we've asked another set of long-standing colleagues what keeps them at the Commission and the types of roles that they have worked on during their time with us.
14 December 2021 - Communications.
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Longstanding colleagues at the Gambling Commission
We asked some of our longstanding colleagues what has made them stay at the Commission and the types of roles that they have worked on during their time here. Today we hear from Richard Hollis, Nick Hawkings and Pradeep Rajania.
7 December 2021 - Communications.
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We asked some of our longstanding colleagues what has made them stay at the Commission and the types of roles that they have worked on during their time here. Today we hear from Stephen Foster and Joanne Warren.
30 November 2021 - Communications.
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Unlicensed Gambling – Our approach to tackling unlicensed gambling
Our Chief Executive Andrew Rhodes shares details on the Commission's approach to tacking unlicensed gambling.
21 October 2024 - Communications.
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The Commission’s commitment to gender diversity at events
Following on from the Gambling Commission recently being recognised as one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Women, our Deputy Chief Executive, Sarah Gardner, reflects on the Commission's commitment to gender diversity at events.
13 August 2024 - Communications.
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Key issues and our expectations concerning account withdrawals
Following on from an earlier blog post on the topic of withdrawal of funds, our Chief Executive, Andrew Rhodes, discusses a number of key issues and our expectations.
18 July 2024 - Communications.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Facebook lotteries: A bit of fun or a potential risk?
You may have seen lotteries or raffles being promoted on social media such as Facebook, but this doesn’t mean that they are being ran legally. Be careful to check you are not running or participating in an illegal lottery.
25 May 2021 - Communications.
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What motivates people to gamble?
We wanted to learn more about what motivates people to gamble and how gambling fits into their lives.
25 May 2021 - Communications.
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Developing the Gambling Commission’s global role
With the globalised gambling market constantly evolving, we have recognised that to best meet the current market challenges, as a gambling regulator we must also evolve and do things differently in the way we regulate.
22 November 2022 - Communications.
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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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Longstanding colleagues at the Commission
Having recently written a series of blogs about our new joiners we asked some of our longstanding colleagues what keeps them at the Commission and the types of roles that they have worked on during their time here. Today we hear from Lindsay Phillips, Dan Newby and Rebecca Ahern.
16 November 2021 - Communications.
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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.
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Placing data and insights at the heart of the Commission’s regulatory approach
Simo Dragicevic, member of the Gambling Commission's Digital Advisory Panel (DAP), reflects on the challenges and opportunities for increased use of data to develop better gambling regulation.
20 October 2022 - Digital, Communications, Insight, Policy.
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Gambling Prevalence Research: the view of Lived Experience
In May this year, members of the Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP) met with the Gambling Commission’s Research and Statistics team, who are piloting a new method of gathering statistics on gambling participation and prevalence of gambling related harms.
18 October 2022 - Communications, Policy, Digital.
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Promoting and sharing best practice at the Institute of Regulation
As part of our commitment to deliver world-leading regulation, we are proud to be one of the founding members of the Institute of Regulation - the first ever professional body for regulators in the United Kingdom (UK).
26 September 2022 - Communications.
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A diversity of perspectives on gambling harms
Our Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP) discuss how valuable it is to hear fresh perspectives on gambling harms from different cultural and demographic groups.
10 May 2022 - Communications.
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Understanding women's experiences of gambling
Today marks International Women’s Day 2022, providing a moment to share what we know about women and gambling.
8 March 2022 - Communications, Statistics and research.
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We don't have enough evidence yet?
Anna van der Gaag CBE, Chair of the Advisory board for safer gambling (ABSG) reflects on the need for listening, learning and acting when it comes to tackling gambling harms.
5 November 2021 - Communications.
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Facing the facts on the road to safer gambling
Whilst many will be discussing the merits or otherwise of ‘safer gambling’ during this Safer Gambling Week, Gambling Commission CEO, Andrew Rhodes, offers his reflections and the need to see much greater compliance from the industry across the board.
4 November 2021 - Communications.
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A look at gambling behaviours among Black and Minority Ethnic Communities
This month, we’ve taken the opportunity to delve into the results of our quarterly telephone survey from 2020 to see how gambling behaviours differ (if at all) amongst Black and Minority Ethnic Communities (BAME), compared to the overall population.
18 October 2021 - Communications.
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New standards for complaints process puts consumers first
From 31 October 2018, we’re introducing some new standards for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) providers in the gambling industry.
24 October 2018 - Communications.
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How gambling fits into people's lives
In this time of accelerated digital growth, the world we all live in is changing beyond all recognition.
15 July 2019 - Communications.
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