Betting And Gaming Council

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25 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 0PP

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www.bettingandgamingcouncil.com

The Betting and Gaming Council is a standards body committed to championing safer gambling.

We represent U.K. licensed betting shops, casinos and online operators.

The Betting and Gaming Council is a standards body committed to championing safer gambling.

We represent U.K. licensed betting shops, casinos and online operators.

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MPs are champing at the bit for this year’s Grand National

07 Apr Communities

Over 40 MPs from both sides of the House have backed a BGC initiative by placing bets on the world’s greatest steeplechase, The Grand National, which runs on Saturday, to raise money for charity.

Articles

The Government should treat betting like booze - not like tobacco

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11 Mar Health

The Government should treat betting like booze - not like tobacco

After more than a year of waiting for the outcome of the Gambling Review, and with the Government changing its ministers more times than Watford change football managers, it strikes me that the debate has boiled down to this: should betting be treated like tobacco, which is inherently and universally damaging to all, or should it be treated more like alcohol, something millions of people do and where the vast majority are able to enjoy it responsibly, but where sadly a small minority can have a problem and, in the most extreme and terrible cases, it can be an addiction?

On gambling reform, the Government should ignore the extremists and stick with evidence

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25 Jan Health

On gambling reform, the Government should ignore the extremists and stick with evidence

New figures from a YouGov poll published last week showed that fewer that one in five people would be happy to accept arbitrary checks on their finances, like accessing bank statements and pay cheques, in order to be able to have a bet. These so-called ‘affordability checks’ are just one of a number of measures being discussed as part of the Government's ongoing review of gambling.

Commitment to child protection shows the betting and gaming industry’s determination to raise standards

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06 Dec 2021 Education

Commitment to child protection shows the betting and gaming industry’s determination to raise standards

A year on from the launch of the Government’s Gambling Review, we are now just weeks away from the resulting white paper.

Rates of problem gambling are falling, but on the BGC's second anniversary, our commitment to safer gambling is stronger than ever

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06 Nov 2021 Health

Rates of problem gambling are falling, but on the BGC's second anniversary, our commitment to safer gambling is stronger than ever

It’s entirely fitting that the Betting and Gaming Council’s second anniversary should fall during this year’s Safer Gambling Week.

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15 Oct 2021 Health

‘Take Time to Think’ is another step on our journey to keep customers safe and in control of their betting

Today the Betting and Gaming Council is launching a new campaign which is aimed at encouraging the 30 million people in Britain who enjoy a flutter to consider using the range of safer gambling tools at their disposal.

Advertising may be annoying, yet all the evidence shows gambling advertising does not equal harm - but let’s keep driving change and raising standards

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09 Sep 2021 Education

Advertising may be annoying, yet all the evidence shows gambling advertising does not equal harm - but let’s keep driving change and raising standards

When I asked a team of pollsters and focus groups specialists, who’d been going round the country recently, what people thought of advertising, the reply from one veteran top political numbers man was: “They just find it annoying”. I then followed up and said: “Gambling advertising in particular?” He replied: “No. All advertising”.

Betting Industry Backs ‘Plan For Jobs’ With Pledge To Create 5,000 Apprenticeships

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06 Sep 2021 Education

Betting Industry Backs ‘Plan For Jobs’ With Pledge To Create 5,000 Apprenticeships

Betting and gaming firms have pledged to create 5,000 apprenticeships over the next five years.

The BGC’s drive to promote safer gambling has produced tangible results, but we are determined to go further

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27 Aug 2021 Education

The BGC’s drive to promote safer gambling has produced tangible results, but we are determined to go further

When the Betting and Gaming Council was established towards the end of 2019, we were clear that, as well as representing the regulated industry, we were a standards body with a clear mission to promote safer gambling.

Evidence from abroad shows the unregulated black market will benefit unless we get the gambling review right

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21 Aug 2021 Health

Evidence from abroad shows the unregulated black market will benefit unless we get the gambling review right

In the final debate in the House of Commons before the summer recess, the Minister heading the Government’s Review of Gambling, John Whittingdale, told MPs: “It is very important that we create a safe space where people are given protection if they are gambling online, but we do not want to drive them away from the regulated sector and into the black market. That is certainly something that we will bear in mind during our consideration of these things”.

Calls for a gambling advertising ban are not backed up by the evidence

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11 Jun 2021 Communities

Calls for a gambling advertising ban are not backed up by the evidence

A year ago, anti-gambling campaigners were making dire warnings that the Covid lockdown would lead to a surge in gambling as a premise for their long-standing calls for a ban on all betting adverts.

Latest press releases

05 May

New figures confirm another drop in problem gambling rates in the UK

12 Apr

Charities the big winners after the BGC MP Grand National charity bet

04 Apr

Ahead of the Grand National, the BGC warns Minsters not to spoil the enjoyment of punters or ignore the tens of thousands of jobs supported by the regulated betting and gaming industry in the Gambling Review

21 Mar

Regulated betting and gaming industry vows to back the Chancellor’s economic recovery plan with investment, jobs and tax revenues - but calls on the Government not to put this at risk in the Gambling Review.

22 Feb

BGC welcomes new official figures showing low problem gambling rates in the UK but warn ministers to avoid changes that will drive punters to the black market

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