Winning Most Likely to Keep Us Betting UKGC Research Finds

We all know that the objective when making a bet is to win. The hope is that we find a market offering good enough value to balance the risk/reward ratio and make the bet worth placing, and that the bet is then successful. However, according to some recent research by the UKGC, it is also…

Ladbrokes Ad Banned for Being Socially Irresponsible

Anyone watching the telly after 9pm during April may have caught the Ladbrokes ad in question before it was taken off the air. Although the ad originally passed checks and made it onto the TV in the first place, a complaint from a member of the public made the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) look again….

A £100 Monthly Loss Limit on Gambling in the UK

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…