Gambling

We need to start treating gambling harm as a public health issue – here’s why
Dr Beccy Cooper

We need to start treating gambling harm as a public health issue – here’s why

It’s time to stop seeing gambling as a problem of individual responsibility and start recognising it as a public health problem, writes Dr Beccy Cooper MP

Should you be rewarded for throwing litter away? How gamification is reimagining good citizenship
Professor Sarah Mills

Should you be rewarded for throwing litter away? How gamification is reimagining good citizenship

Incentivising people to do good things has benefits for society. But shouldn’t we be doing these things anyway?

We need urgent action to protect next generation from ‘inescapable’ gambling – now
Zoe Osmond

We need urgent action to protect next generation from ‘inescapable’ gambling – now

Anyone can now access a 24 hour casino on their phone. But gambling can be addictive and gambling harms can affect anyone

More than 1.5 million children affected by ‘problem gambling’, report finds: ‘It can affect anyone’
Problem gambling

More than 1.5 million children affected by ‘problem gambling’, report finds: ‘It can affect anyone’

I took out loans and maxed out credit cards to fund my gambling addiction. I ended up homeless
Gambling

I took out loans and maxed out credit cards to fund my gambling addiction. I ended up homeless

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Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: ‘It’s shameful’
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Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: ‘It’s shameful’

Tory election betting scandal is grim – but vulnerable people are gambling’s real victims
Gambling

Tory election betting scandal is grim – but vulnerable people are gambling’s real victims

Palestine, renting and child poverty: What is – and isn’t – in Labour’s general election manifesto
Politics

Palestine, renting and child poverty: What is – and isn’t – in Labour’s general election manifesto

Gambling should carry a public health warning like cigarettes to prevent suicides
Yvette Greenway-Mansfield

Gambling should carry a public health warning like cigarettes to prevent suicides

Joshua Luke Smith: Meet the rapper helping prisoners process their past through poetry
Music

Joshua Luke Smith: Meet the rapper helping prisoners process their past through poetry

A reader writes: gambling companies target the most vulnerable
Letters

A reader writes: gambling companies target the most vulnerable

Betting shops are taking over this town. But the locals are fighting back
Gambling

Betting shops are taking over this town. But the locals are fighting back

Qatar World Cup: Experts share how to spot the warning signs of gambling addiction
Qatar World Cup

Qatar World Cup: Experts share how to spot the warning signs of gambling addiction

Meet the former gambling addicts fighting to get betting ads kicked out of football
Gambling

Meet the former gambling addicts fighting to get betting ads kicked out of football

When the gambling industry realised women were potential customers, it reeled them in
Ellie Mae O’Hagan

When the gambling industry realised women were potential customers, it reeled them in

Revamp the National Lottery to address savings deficit, says think tank
News

Revamp the National Lottery to address savings deficit, says think tank

Gambling firms to pay £60m to help addicts after missing target
News

Gambling firms to pay £60m to help addicts after missing target

Barclays is now letting customers block payments to gambling companies
Money

Barclays is now letting customers block payments to gambling companies

Bookies will pocket £4bn over delay on fixed-odds betting restrictions
News

Bookies will pocket £4bn over delay on fixed-odds betting restrictions

Labour mulls gambling tax to pay for addiction treatment
Politics

Labour mulls gambling tax to pay for addiction treatment

UK has 400,000 problem gamblers, report finds
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UK has 400,000 problem gamblers, report finds

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General Election 2017: Labour pledges crackdown on FOBT machines
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General Election 2017: Labour pledges crackdown on FOBT machines

Gambling addiction: When the odds are stacked against you
News

Gambling addiction: When the odds are stacked against you

Chelsea FC Commissions Gambling Experts to Educate Young Players
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Chelsea FC Commissions Gambling Experts to Educate Young Players