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Gambling Watch UK. Why do we need it?

Alarm is now being widely expressed about modern gambling’s dangers for individual, family and community health. The tide of thoughtless expansion of gambling is turning. There is now support for reform across the political spectrum. Things have changed since the Gambling Watch UK website was set up in 2012. Then there was scarcely any organisation, independent of Government or the gambling providing industry, that was speaking critically on the subject of gambling.

But there is a long way to go still. With the help of website development and maintenance firm West5Web, Gambling Watch UK is being relaunched today. It will continue to work with others to press for change. What is needed now is a fundamental rethinking of our basic approach to gambling regulation, including a new Gambling Act and a proper National Government Strategy. We need Government to face up to its responsibility and have a serious rethink about the proper place of gambling in national life.

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Recent Updates

Inquest report criticises inadequate gambling regulation and treatment

21 Mar 2022

You may have seen media reports of the recently concluded inquest into the death of Jack, son of Liz and Charles Ritchie who started the impressive...

UK gambling reform: Is the Government serious?

08 Feb 2022

The UK Government will soon be announcing its plans for changes to gambling regulation. The following letter was sent recently to the Ministers most closely...

Landmark Public Health England report published today

30 Sep 2021

A landmark report from Public Health England (PHE) has been published today. This is ‘the first comprehensive review of the evidence on gambling harms and...