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NHL stars mum on gambling endorsement deals

If you watch sports on TV, it's impossible to miss them. Gambling logos, ads and endorsements for sports betting are also online, on streaming services and on billboards. The "tsunami" of advertising, as it's been referred to, follows legislative change in Canada in 2021, when single event sports betting was legalized. Since then, provincial…
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Gambling not always just a bit of fun says Director of Public Health

A leading Public Health official is appealing to North East Lincolnshire residents to think about the risks of gambling getting "out of control" in the wake of a report highlighting how online gambling losses are skewed towards deprived areas. The report, produced by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) and the University of Liverpool,…
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Gambling not always just a bit of fun says Director of Public Health
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Research on Gambling Behavior Raised Red Flags around Slots

Research on online gambling behavior in Great Britain commissioned by GambleAware found out that slot gaming is more likely to cause problem gambling than sports betting and is heavily skewed towards the most deprived areas. Carried out by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) in collaboration with Professor David Forrest and Professor…
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Research on Gambling Behavior Raised Red Flags around Slots
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Twice as many gambling game accounts belong to customers in most deprived places

Participation in online gambling games is overwhelmingly concentrated in the most deprived parts of Britain - with these players more likely to incur heavy losses, a study has found. As many as 29 per cent of gaming accounts are registered to the most deprived areas - while just 13 per cent come from the least deprived places, a report by the…
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Twice as many gambling game accounts belong to customers in most deprived places
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Twice as many gaming accounts belong to customers in most deprived areas

Participation in online gambling games is disproportionately concentrated in the most deprived areas of Great Britain - with these players more likely to incur heavy losses, a study has found. Some 29% of gaming accounts are registered to the most deprived areas while 13% come from the least deprived areas, according to The Patterns of Play report,…
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Twice as many gaming accounts belong to customers in most deprived areas
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Online gambling: twice as many gaming accounts belong to customers in most deprived areas

New research reveals that compared to online sports betting, participation and spend on gaming products such as slot, casino and bingo games are disproportionately concentrated in the most deprived areas of Great Britain 29% of gaming accounts came from the most deprived areas while 13% came from the least deprived areas and 25% of customer losses…
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Online gambling: twice as many gaming accounts belong to customers in most deprived areas
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Online gambling participation concentrated in UK's most deprived areas

Participation in online gambling games is disproportionately concentrated in the most deprived areas of Great Britain - with these players more likely to incur heavy losses, a study has found. Some 29% of gaming accounts are registered to the most deprived areas while 13% come from the least deprived areas, according to The Patterns of Play report,…
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Online gambling participation concentrated in UK's most deprived areas
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Gambling losses in online gaming very skewed to deprived areas

More than 420000 British gamblers lose at least £2000 a year, according to a major report that warns losses on the most addictive products are "strongly skewed" towards deprived areas. The report lays bare the punishing losses incurred by the heaviest gamblers and raises "concern" at the low level of intervention by gambling companies to prevent…
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The crackdown on gambling ads is too little and too late for my husband

After my husband, Luke, took his life, I promised to take our son to watch every Leicester City FC home game. It had been a father and son tradition, and I wanted to carry it on. But every time we went, we couldn't escape the gambling adverts around the stadium. The word "bet" was everywhere, flashing at us like a command. It was a reminder for my…
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People from poor UK areas more likely to be high-risk online gamblers

People in deprived areas are more likely to use online casinos and place risky long-odds bets, according to a study that found gambling firms make the vast majority of their money from the 5% of accounts that rack up the biggest losses. Researchers from the University of Liverpool and the National Centre for Social Research found that most gambling…
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Gambling logos feature 700 times in football match, says Ch4 documentary

Gambling logos can appear more than 700 times in a single football match, according to a documentary in which former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson calls for a "radical rethink" of the relationship between the sport and betting. In her first outing as a TV presenter, Davidson describes the gambling industry's relationship with football…
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