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We need urgent action to protect next generation from 'inescapable' gambling – now
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Zoe Osmond

We need urgent action to protect next generation from 'inescapable' gambling – now

Anyone can now access a 24 hour casino on their phone. But gambling can be addictive and gambling harms can affect anyone
More than 1.5 million children affected by 'problem gambling', report finds: 'It can affect anyone'
Problem gambling

More than 1.5 million children affected by 'problem gambling', report finds: 'It can affect anyone'

I took out loans and maxed out credit cards to fund my gambling addiction. I ended up homeless
Gambling

I took out loans and maxed out credit cards to fund my gambling addiction. I ended up homeless

Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: 'It's shameful'
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Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: 'It's shameful'

Tory election betting scandal is grim – but vulnerable people are gambling's real victims
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Tory election betting scandal is grim – but vulnerable people are gambling's real victims

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Palestine, renting and child poverty: What is – and isn't – in Labour's general election manifesto
Keir Starmer launching the Labour Party manifesto for the 2024 general election
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Palestine, renting and child poverty: What is – and isn't – in Labour's general election manifesto

Gambling should carry a public health warning like cigarettes to prevent suicides
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Yvette Greenway-Mansfield

Gambling should carry a public health warning like cigarettes to prevent suicides

Joshua Luke Smith: Meet the rapper helping prisoners process their past through poetry
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Joshua Luke Smith: Meet the rapper helping prisoners process their past through poetry

A reader writes: gambling companies target the most vulnerable
Boston, Levelling Up
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A reader writes: gambling companies target the most vulnerable

Betting shops are taking over this town. But the locals are fighting back
Boston, Levelling Up
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Betting shops are taking over this town. But the locals are fighting back

Qatar World Cup: Experts share how to spot the warning signs of gambling addiction
Qatar World Cup

Qatar World Cup: Experts share how to spot the warning signs of gambling addiction

I’m an NHS psychiatrist – this is my advice to football fans who gamble during the World Cup
Dr Max Pemberton

I’m an NHS psychiatrist – this is my advice to football fans who gamble during the World Cup

Meet the former gambling addicts fighting to get betting ads kicked out of football
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Gambling

Meet the former gambling addicts fighting to get betting ads kicked out of football

When the gambling industry realised women were potential customers, it reeled them in
Ellie Mae O’Hagan

When the gambling industry realised women were potential customers, it reeled them in

Revamp the National Lottery to address savings deficit, says think tank
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Revamp the National Lottery to address savings deficit, says think tank

Gambling firms to pay £60m to help addicts after missing target
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Gambling firms to pay £60m to help addicts after missing target

Barclays is now letting customers block payments to gambling companies
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Barclays is now letting customers block payments to gambling companies

Bookies will pocket £4bn over delay on fixed-odds betting restrictions
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Bookies will pocket £4bn over delay on fixed-odds betting restrictions

Labour mulls gambling tax to pay for addiction treatment
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Labour mulls gambling tax to pay for addiction treatment

UK has 400,000 problem gamblers, report finds
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UK has 400,000 problem gamblers, report finds

Jimmy McGovern: "FOBTs should not be on our high streets"
Jimmy McGovern
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Jimmy McGovern: "FOBTs should not be on our high streets"

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General Election 2017: Labour pledges crackdown on FOBT machines
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General Election 2017: Labour pledges crackdown on FOBT machines

Gambling addiction: When the odds are stacked against you
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Gambling addiction: When the odds are stacked against you

Chelsea FC Commissions Gambling Experts to Educate Young Players
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Chelsea FC Commissions Gambling Experts to Educate Young Players