Transport for London's advertisement policy.

❌ Artisanal cheese
❌ Wimbledon's strawberries and cream
❌ Hot dog in a comedian's tour poster
❌ Victoria sponge cake
👌 'Your bus is now a casino.'

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One of the fundamental concerns here is that it’s the operators who are placed in charge of managing their most profitable customers. What could go wrong?

Flutter shareholders vote to move listing from London to New York. Paddy Power owner will make switch to its ‘natural home’ by May in further blow to London Stock Exchange
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UK: Online gamblers who lose £500 or more a month to face extra checks. New measures will eventually also ban some features on online games, regulator for Great Britain says I The Guardian
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Romanian PM threatens #gambling companies with licence loss to tackle #addiction rates – @EURACTIV euractiv.com/section/politi…

UK: Former gambling addict urges others to seek help. Matt Burgiss, from Chatham, started #gambling at 15 and his #addiction snowballed until he tried to take his own life in 2016. Mr Burgiss was in a coma for three weeks after trying to kill himself I BBC bbc.com/news/articles/…

UK: Bookmakers urged to step in to stop gambling addicts “If you were an alcoholic in a bar and you’d had too much to drink, the barman would say 'that’s enough, no more for you'...Why aren’t bookmakers doing the same?' (Mr Gahley, #gambling addict) I BBC bbc.com/news/articles/…

Sports #Betting Is Blowing Up | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/use-…

As #gambling expands, so do the risks of addiction, indebtedness, and social problems. In this issue of the European Journal of Public Health, Virve Marionneau and others indicate actions to help curb this increasing level of harm.

Read now: oxford.ly/3xExSfs EUPHA

Swedish regulator Spelinspektionen releases new measures on match-fixing and illegal #gambling operations gamblinginsider.com/news/25116/spe… via Gambling Insider

US-IL: Arcade giant Dave & Buster's to allow customers to #bet on arcade games cnb.cx/3UFvpun

CNN: How the US became hooked on sports #betting - and the cost it's having on lives cnn.com/2024/05/03/spo…

Spain issues €81 million worth of fines to 17 online #gambling sites theolivepress.es/spain-news/202… via
The Olive Press

So happy to see my team at the National Centre for Gaming Disorders ⁦CNWL NHS FT⁩ present a poster on our work on ADHD/ASD and gaming disorders at this year's ⁦Royal College of Psychiatrists⁩ Addictions Faculty conference ⁦Royal College of PsychiatristsAddFac⁩ Well done Zoe and Stephen !!

Criminologist Michael Salter explains the connection between alcohol, porn and gambling, with violence against women.

Uusitalo, S., & Michael Egerer (2024). Addiction studies. Chapter in Concise Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics in the Social Sciences. Takala, T., & Häyry, M. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing.
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Canada: Athletes will no longer appear in Ontario #gambling ads
bnnbloomberg.ca/athletes-will-… via BNN Bloomberg

NSW, Australia: Star Entertainment board chairman replaced days after appearing at casino regulator inquiry. Mr Foster's departure comes after a text message in which he suggested the state's regulator should be abolished was made public. abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2… via ABC Australia

Tervetuloa kuulolle Rahapelaaminen on monen ongelma-webinaariin 15.5.2024 klo 13-15.30! Kansainvälisenä puhujavieraana #MarcPotenza . #rahapeliongelma #mielenterveys #läheiset #talous #nuoret

Bulgarian parliament adopts broad ban on #gambling advertising rferl.org/a/bulgaria-gam… via Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty