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Insights into affected others from the GSGB

Insights into affected others from the GSGB

Published
14 May 2026

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14 May 2026 - Changes

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Overall, this analysis provides insights into affected others using data from the Gambling Survey for Great Britain (GSGB), helping to strengthen our evidence base. It has begun to feed into our wider evidence roadmap exploring the impact on people who gamble and affected others.

To build on and better understand these findings, we have commissioned further qualitative research. This work will help to contextualise the GSGB findings and support us in determining how to interpret statistics relating to people impacted by someone else’s gambling.

It will also help to address some of the limitations outlined earlier in this report. In particular, the qualitative research will support a more detailed understanding of the complexity of gambling-related consequences by considering people with a range of characteristics (including those who do and do not gamble) and exploring the relationship between the affected other and the person who gambles. It will also help clarify how the term ‘affected other’ is understood in practice.

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