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"Gambling is as addictive as drugs - so why is it treated any differently?" As the UK government announces a raft of reforms to tackle problem gambling, @simonvigar5 talks to a gambling victim and the wife of a gambling addict who took his own life about the need for change.
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Remember William Hill? Sweet Caroline...? Sponsors of the Jonathan Ross show? Sponsors of the @JohnBishop100 show? #gamblingharm is rife 👇
William Hill Group will pay a total of £19.2m for social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures. To read the full article, visit our website 💻 https://t.co/irHAJToJ1y
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Luke's inquest will be the first to name a gambling company as a persons of interest. With the Gambling Act whitepaper experiencing delay after delay. EXPECT MORE @RishiSunak
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Another new Gambling Minister?
It has been a real pleasure to work with the team @DCMS to take forward the Online Safety Bill and other measures to strengthen our digital economy. I will now continue to support these efforts in parliament from the backbenches.
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**New funded #Gambling Lived Experience Project** If you are an individual, organisation, charity, support network, anything based on lived experience of #gamblingharm and want to know more, comment below to get on the project mailing list. Pls share, RT, tag etc
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We know the gambling review white paper has been written, delivered and the cabinet have signed it off so why have we now been told it’s being paused a 5th time Lives must come before revenue! When will @10DowningStreet take this seriously 😡🤬 @GambleWithLives @carolynharris24
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It's sickening that @EFL clubs have been taking a cut of fans' gambling losses, directly profiting from people's misery. Here's my @guardian opinion on why football must cut its ties with Sky Bet & why the government should end all gambling advertising:
theguardian.com
It’s a kick in the teeth for me, having lost my husband to addiction, to find out English clubs are profiting from gambling, says campaigner Annie Ashton
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"They kept doubling down and giving him $30,000 a month, feeding him extra money to try to avoid scrutiny by the regulatory agencies." https://t.co/DOH6DLogvB
independent.co.uk
A New York man is suing an Atlantic City casino, its parent company and its online betting partner, alleging he was given $30,000 a month to not report being repeatedly knocked offline while gambling...
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Thank you @Keir_Starmer for taking time to speak with bereaved families today. All our conversations at #Lab22 have shown a real understanding of the urgent need for gambling reform.
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We're up and running! Our Chief Executive, Andrea Coomber, introduces the first plenary session. #CJhumancondition
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What does the new Government mean for gambling reform? A short thread 🧵 1) The new Culture Secretary @michelledonelan has made reformer noises in the past. She told Commons that gambling ‘destroyed far too many lives’ and that bookmaker advertising ‘preys on the vulnerable’.
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.@MichaelDugher today urges the next PM to get reforms right, by ignoring prohibitionists “there are a handful of anti-gambling parliamentarians, you can tell who they are because they always begin every sentence with ‘I’m not anti-gambling but’”
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Exc: I went undercover at Ladbrokes months before the failings which led to yesterday's record £17m fine. 💬 "If you get someone putting ridiculous bets do you ever have to do anything?" 💬 "No, because that's just normal." Read my @mailplus dispatch 👉 https://t.co/1WIzfrYKFb
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If one of the big five had their licence revoked the entire industry would change its ways . Fining companies worth billions doesn’t solve anything.
🚨 BREAK: The owner of Ladbrokes and Coral has been fined a record £17m for 'completely unacceptable' safer gambling and anti-money laundering failings. In a damning statement @GamRegGB threatened to remove Entain's licence for further breaches 👇🧵 https://t.co/qLBRhm2CgL
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Gambling giant Entain to pay £17m for regulatory failures
bbc.com
Entain failed to properly check possible money-laundering or offer support to struggling customers.
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