Back in August I wrote about a potential £100 monthly betting limit that had been tabled by a cross party think tank called the Social Market Foundation. This figure was partly based on a report by Dr James Noyes, and the idea seems to have been adapted somewhat by the UKGC and turned into a…
If you don’t recognise the acronym, it stands for the Gambling Related Harm All Party Parliamentary Group, and they have been reviewing the gambling industry for the past 12 months and the final report is in. It calls for some pretty big changes to be made across the whole industry and, if implemented, could change…
The gambling industry can’t seem to do right for doing wrong at the moment. The ban on using credit cards to gamble with has been in effect since mid-May, and for many people it couldn’t have come soon enough. Gambling with money you don’t have goes against every responsible gambling message out there, so it…
Well, Gamstop and Citizens Advice have been calling for it for two years, and The Gambling Commission is finally ready to make its move. Betting on credit is to be banned in the UK from April 14th. UK Gambling Commission Chief Exec, Neil McArthur, said: “Credit card gambling can lead to significant financial harm. The…
