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Stuart Andrew: DCMS to guarantee a transparent and effective RET Levy

SBC News Stuart Andrew: DCMS to guarantee a transparent and effective RET Levy

DCMS Under-Secretary Stuart Andrew has stated that the Gambling Review’s White Paper carries the “clearest mandate to strengthen protections against gambling-related harms.” The statement was made at a Parliamentary Forum hosted by Gambling with Lives (GWL), the charity and industry reform organisation supporting families bereaved by gambling suicides. Opening his address, Andrew thanked GWL co-founders Liz and Charles Ritchie for …

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BGC hits back at misleading reports on RET influence  

SBC News BGC hits back at misleading reports on RET influence  

The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has defended its relationship with GambleAware by restating that its members have ‘no say’ on how research, education and treatment (RET) projects/initiatives are funded.  On Saturday, the trade body published a Twitter thread denying The Guardian’s report that it wanted to redirect “a quarter of funds” donated to GambleAware to “projects chosen by bet365, …

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Wednesday blunder sees pressure mount on football intervention

SBC News Wednesday blunder sees pressure mount on football intervention

Pressure continues to mount on the government to provide a definitive resolution on  Premier League and EFL clubs’ commercial relationships with bookmakers.  As DCMS outlines that the government will aim to publish long-delayed Gambling Review amendments in February, industry reformists continue to demand that football bosses ensure drastic changes to the relationship between betting and the sport. The new year …

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GWL letter turns heat on Sunak to reform RET duties

SBC News GWL letter turns heat on Sunak to reform RET duties

Gambling with Lives (GWL) has handed PM Rishi Sunak a letter signed by six mothers bereaved of their children by gambling-related suicide.  The mothers handed the letter to the PM at Downing Street, accompanied by leading reformist Sir Iain Duncan Smith (MP), demanding that the “gambling industry should not control research, education or treatment” of problem gambling in the UK.  …

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Gambling with Lives launches high impact youth gambling education programme    

SBC News Gambling with Lives launches high impact youth gambling education programme    

Gambling with Lives (GwL) has become the latest charity to launch an education programme focused on raising youth awareness of gambling harms, addiction and disorders.  The programme developed by academics and teachers with the oversight of lived experience of gambling harms will be piloted in schools in Essex, Manchester and Northern Ireland – prior to a full nationwide launch. GwL …

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