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Introduction: Advice to the Gambling Commission on actions to reduce online harms

We recently provided advice to the Gambling Commission in relation to the Government’s White Paper on Reducing Online Harms. That advice made a case for gambling-related harms to be clearly recognised within the scope of the work following the White Paper - specifically highlighting issues related to:

  • online marketing and advertising – particularly the nature and volume of exposure created for children and young people
  • loot boxes, skins gambling and social casino gaming
  • the prevalent links to gambling within the culture of eSports.

That advice primarily focused on issues which fall outside the Gambling Commission’s current remit. In preparing this advice, we have identified several further steps which could be taken by the Gambling Commission, within its existing remit, to make online gambling safer.

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Last updated: 25 March 2021

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