Blog posts
Blog posts from teams across the Gambling Commission.
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Gambling Survey for Great Britain - First Annual Report
Our Director of Research and Statistics, Ben Haden, reflects on the publication of the First Annual Report from the Gambling Survey for Great Britain.
25 July 2024 - Statistics and research.
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Key issues and our expectations concerning account withdrawals
Following on from an earlier blog post on the topic of withdrawal of funds, our Chief Executive, Andrew Rhodes, discusses a number of key issues and our expectations.
18 July 2024 - Communications.
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Making improvements to regulatory returns
Our Data Analytics Manager, Jason Davies, talks through our changes to regulatory returns submissions required by licensees.
17 July 2024 - Statistics and research.
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Making progress on addressing our Evidence Gaps and Priorities
Our Head of Research, Laura Balla, reflects on the first year of our Evidence Gaps and Priorities programme.
11 July 2024 - Statistics and research.
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Gambling Survey for Great Britain – Wave 2 results published
Our Head of Statistics, Helen Bryce, talks through the launch of the second wave of data from the Gambling Survey for Great Britain, and the plans for the future.
10 July 2024 - Statistics and research.
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Building our evidence base on gambling-related harm and vulnerability
Our Head of Research, Laura Balla, talks through our work to improve our understanding of gambling-related harm and vulnerability, through the development of new questions which form part of the Gambling Survey for Great Britain.
11 April 2024 - Statistics and research.
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Evaluating the impact of the Gambling Act Review
Our head of evidence assurance and evaluation David Taylor, talks through the evaluation thinking ahead of potential changes in connection with the Gambling Act Review.
19 March 2024 - Statistics and research.
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Gambling Survey for Great Britain – Wave 1 results published
Our director of research and statistics, Ben Haden, talks through the launch of the first wave of data from the Gambling Survey for Great Britain, and the plans for the future.
29 February 2024 - Statistics and research.
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Financial risk next steps – February 2024
Our Executive Director of Research and Policy Tim Miller provides an update on next steps for financial risk checks to help tackle gambling harms.
22 February 2024 - Policy.
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Looking ahead to the Fourth National Lottery Licence and what it means to you
Our executive director for the Fourth National Lottery Competition John Tanner discusses the impending launch of the licence, which is scheduled for 1 February 2024, and what it means.
16 January 2024 - 4NLC.
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Widening the scope of GAMSTOP to include telephone and email betting
Our policy senior manager Graham Burgin talks through the actions telephone and email betting gambling businesses will need to take to participate in the GAMSTOP multi-operator self-exclusion scheme from 1 April 2024.
18 December 2023 - Policy.
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Our head of statistics Helen Bryce talks through the data released for the Gambling Survey for Great Britain.
23 November 2023 - Statistics and research.
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Looking forward to our second round of Gambling Act Review consultations
Our Executive Director of Research and Policy Tim Miller talks through plans for the second round of Gambling Act Review consultations.
15 November 2023 - Policy.
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Making better use of operator data
Operator data is a rich resource in terms of ensuring how we understand how the market is developing, appreciate how interventions we make are (or aren’t) having an impact and at a fundamental level ensure we charge the right fees and can forecast and manage income and finances.
6 October 2023 - Statistics and research.
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Your questions answered on the financial risk checks consultation
Since the launch of our first set of consultations on the Government's Gambling Act Review White Paper, there's been some misunderstandings around financial risk checks and what they really mean. We've answered some important questions to clarify the most frequent misconceptions.
7 September 2023 - Policy.
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