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Consultation response

Changes to information requirements in the LCCP, regulatory returns, official statistics, and related matters

Parts I and II of the consultation response that sets out our position in relation to the information the Gambling Commission requires licensees to provide us.

Published
30 July 2020

Last updated
25 July 2024 - Changes

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Appendix B: Timeline

Timeline of the key phases in the development of questions assessing the adverse consequences of gambling of gambling

  1. June to July 2023

    Qualitative research: To understand how participants had answered survey questions, interviews were conducted with 16 participants who reported 'occasional' or multiple negative impacts from their own or someone else’s gambling.

  2. October 2022 to May 2023

    Experimental phases Step 1 and 2 focused on refining survey questions and data collection methods. Step 3 aimed to finalise the survey design and prepare for full implementation.
  3. Peer review: Two academic experts, Professor Robert Williams and Dr. Rachel Volberg, were invited to evaluate the methodology and make recommendations for refining the questions.

  4. February to March 2022

    Cognitive Testing: We conducted interviews with 14 participants to assess their understanding of the survey questions.

  5. January to February 2022

    National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) pilot survey: In collaboration with NatCen, we tested a refined set of 14 questions relating to the negative impacts of gambling with over 1,000 participants.

  6. November to December 2021

    Stakeholder Consultation: We conducted a consultation with stakeholders to gather ideas on the design and content of the new survey.

  7. June 2020 to June 2021

    Initial pilot testing: An initial set of 27 questions relating to the negative impacts of gambling were tested in multiple waves of our online tracker survey.
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