Why does Gambling Commission's CEO Andrew Rhodes keep saying that the vast majority of adults gamble without harm.

Where's the evidence for that statement? It isn't true. There's lots of evidence that a large percentage of people who gamble are harmed.

gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article/n…

Public space is not a casino. Adfree Cities, Coalition Against Gambling Ads and Gambling with Lives have submitted a joint complaint to the ad regulator over ads for 888casino that risk promoting behaviours associated with gambling addiction.

Find out more and take action 👇🙏
adfreecities.org.uk/2024/04/report…

'We have a right to say as a society - we don't want to force unhealthy products on people and communities'

Heartfelt words from Natalie Bennett on the need to limit gambling advertising with nods to the leading voices Adfree Cities The Big Step greg fell FFPH Gambling with Lives

Will the Mayor of London honour his pledge to rid the TFL network of this type of harmful advertising?

Following the election will you meet with us Sadiq Khan

No response yet from the Charity Commission to Good Law Project, Annie Ashton, and my complaint about Gamble Aware.

Grateful to Rupa Huq MP for drawing DCMS and parliamentary attention to it.

goodlawproject.org/case/help-us-f…

Charity Commission Department for Culture, Media and Sport

New article “Perils of Partnership: Interactions Between Public Health England, Drinkaware, and the Portman Group Surrounding the Drink Free Days Campaign” in IJHPM (0$) b #FOI dlvr.it/T5HpBq with Mark Petticrew May van Schalkwyk #CDoH Global Health Policy Unit School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh Spectrum SportsNet

Very good chance there's a Merkur (or some other slot machine farm) coming to a high street near you. They're on the expansion drive despite (or perhaps because of?) Britain's economic malaise.

theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Congratulations Blackpool South! You're going to get a new, and hopefully better functioning, MP.

Scott Benton, who got caught breaking lobbying rules on behalf of the gambling industry, has resigned.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-686588…

All the push back I've seen against the complaint to the Charity Commission that I made with @goodlawproject and Annie Ashton has come from anonymous accounts or people financially dependent on GambleAware and/or the industry. No surprise there then.

The age old debate

The complaint made to CC about GambleAware is a 16 pg dossier of factual info. Interesting that the pushback rc about the complaint are from those who are also on the take from the gambling industry. The bullish & passive aggressive comments I've had do these charities no favours

Of all the work I've done I don't think I've ever been lobbied more heavily than following a short blog we published about a referral to the Charity Commission of the gambling industry's captive 'charity', GambleAware.

Here, we respond to our critics. goodlaw.social/ni62

It didn’t take long for the gambling industry to respond after we teamed up with Annie Ashton and Will Prochaska to call on the Charity Commission to investigate GambleAware.

But we’re listening to the facts 👇
goodlaw.social/t7lh

Brilliant progress. In the absence of central government action to protect the public from harmful industries it's great to see city authorities stepping up.

Today we launch the NHS Gambling Clinic in Sheffield, for the South Yorkshire region.

This is the last of the 15 NHS England clinics to open.

Please come forward if you are struggling. It is life changing evidence based treatment and support. 👇

Important piece.

The focus of gambling reform has been on online harms (because that's where the worst of it is and campaign resources are stretched).

That's left the door open for parasitic operators of adult gaming centres to quietly manoeuvre and keep ruining communities.

A depressingly predictable impact of introducing a profit motive to the running of one our nationally important community assets.

London Legacy Development Corporation took the contract for the Olympic pool away from social enterprise Better and gave it to profit making Everyone Active.

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“That language is killing people”

Brilliant from Liz Ritchie on Sky News – the problem is addictive gambling products & dangerous industry practices, not people

#StopGamblingSuicides

It's so important that the suicide prevention community takes on the suicide risk posed by gambling. This is such a welcome intervention by SOS Silence of Suicide SOS Silence of Suicide

'The Mayor should bring forward proposals in 2024-25 to ban gambling advertisements on the TfL network'

Spot on from the London Assembly inquiry into gambling harms. Thanks to Caroline Russell and other members of the assembly for their leadership.

london.gov.uk/who-we-are/wha…