“Gambling won’t build our country for the next generation, but children, freed from poverty, will.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

"a public reckoning with the dark side of this highly profitable industry is overdue" theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

High quality treatment, education and support are essential in addressing harms from gambling. So is attention to regulating industrial determinants of harms.

The public remains unaware of how the alcohol, gambling, food & other industries are very active in schools in the UK, & internationally world - including developing 'educational' materials, & building links with teachers as an opportunity to peddle misinformation to children

📢 Our agenda for the Gambling Reform Summit is here! Join us on Wednesday 3rd Sept 2025, St Ermin’s Hotel, Westminster. Keynotes from Lord Foster, Baroness Twycross, Tim Miller & Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP. 🕤 9AM–4:30PM 📍 SW1H 0QW 🎟️ RSVP (Free): eventbrite.com/e/gambling-ref…

Fears of consumers turning to the black market are “a red herring”. In today’s Financial Times on.ft.com/4lvlrpq

The Centre will ban all “money-based gaming transactions” under the proposed Regulation & Promotion of Online Gaming Act. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved the Bill #BanOnlineGambling 🇮🇳 businesstoday.in/latest/economy…

“The Government must accept the blindingly obvious fact that gambling advertising works and leads to harm” Our Will Prochaska tells the #GamblingReformSummit our leaders must stop young people being sold shiny false messages from a harmful industry.

Interesting article which reframes addiction away from 'disease' concepts, and restores the role of personal responsibility and power in recovery. In so doing it restores dignity - and hope. theguardian.com/news/2025/sep/…

Glasgow councillor slams UK Government over lack of communication on #gambling levy. The council’s CEO has written to the Culture Secretary and the Minister for Gambling to seek assurances on a public health approach to reduce gambling harms in Glasgow glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-c…

Check out "One Stop shop:Gambling,Nicotine & Alcohol: Parents,Carers What's the harm?" eventbrite.co.uk/e/one-stop-sho… Eventbrite Help

Introduction to SMART Recovery – Live a Balanced Life! alliance-scotland.org.uk/blog/news/intr…

Do you know who I trust to deliver gambling harm education to children? The same people who refuse to stop advertising to them. Im sure they definitely haven't invested £10m into grooming children to play slots...

APG Chair Philip McGuigan speaking at our recent 5-aside tournament with PFA Northern Ireland at Stormont on Fri 12 Sept highlights the proliferation of gambling advertising in sport and growing exposure of young people to harmful marketing. #GamblingHarm

Reeves' links with gambling industry "Reeves and Dugher have a longstanding political and personal friendship stretching back to their teenage years." theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Interactions with punters can be terrifying or dehumanising, particularly when customer “play to extinction”, an industry term for losing all of their money. “We had a guy who won £1,500 and put it all straight back in,” Jess says. “He started smashing up the machine. It was me

‘I can’t escape these machines’: addicts tell of huge losses from slot #gambling Councils given more powers to stop ‘unwanted’ sites opening, as number of UK slot machines exceeds 30,000 theguardian.com/society/2025/s…

The Machine Zone Community Interest Company will close in January 2026. As part of the winding down the website Glasgow City Gambling Harms shuts down this week. Details: themachinezone.com