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Prohibition of gambling on credit cards

This report focuses on research conducted around the prohibition of gambling on credit cards

Published

2 November 2021

Last updated

2 November 2021 - Show updates to this content

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Contents

  1. Executive summary
  2. Background and approach
  3. Methodology and limitations
  4. Operator Implementation and customer behaviour
  5. Credit cards and digital wallets
  6. Deposits prior to the introduction of the ban
  7. Displacement to other high-cost credit sources​
  8. Displacement to illegal sources of funds​
  9. Bypassing the ban through other behaviours​
  10. Displacement to unlicensed gambling sites​
  11. Inconvenience to leisure gamblers​
  12. Conclusions and next steps​
  13. Appendices​
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