Urgent reform of our gambling laws is needed. Our current legislation is outdated and analogue - we need a new Gambling Act, fit for the digital age.

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    There should be stake limits for online gambling to create parity with land-based venues - including a £2 stake on harmful slot content.
  • 2
    Affordability checks (with a soft cap of £100) are urgently needed and should be overseen by a Gambling Ombudsman.
  • 3
    VIP schemes and harmful incentives must be banned.
  • 4
    There should be a clear duty of care on operators to protect consumers from harm.
  • 5
    A “smart”, mandatory levy should be applied to operators to fund safer gambling initiatives and research.
  • 6
    There should be a ban on all advertising in sport, on direct marketing and on inducements. Stronger advertising restrictions on broadcast, online, streaming and social media advertising should be brought in to limit the exposure of children to gambling.
  • 7
    The Gambling Commission is not fit for purpose - its capacity to regulate online gambling must be urgently reviewed and the Government must commit further flexible funding for the Commission, with rigorous spending oversight.
  • 8
    A Gambling Ombudsman must be set up to protect consumers.

APPG’s Submission to the Gambling Review

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport will use responses to the Call for Evidence phase of the Review to inform any legislative proposals put forward to reform, or even replace, the current Gambling Act 2005.

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Response from the Minister of State for Media and Data to the GRH APPG and PGR’s letter calling for an Independent Public Inquiry into collapse of Football Index

July 21, 2021
Further to our letter of 13th April to the Prime Minister in which Members of the APPG and the Peers for Gambling Reform – joined by a range of other supportive Parliamentarians – called for an independent public inquiry into the collapse of Football Index, we have now received a response from the Minister of […]

Minutes from the 4th March Meeting of the APPG

May 25, 2021
Please click here to download the minutes from the 4th March 2021 Meeting of the APPG.

Minutes from the 25th February Meeting of the APPG

May 25, 2021
Please click here to download the minutes from the 25th February 2021 Meeting of the APPG.

Letter from the GRH APPG and PGR to the Prime Minister calling for an Independent Public Inquiry into collapse of Football Index

April 14, 2021
Please find here a letter from Members of the GRH APPG – joint with the Peers for Gambling Reform and joined by other supportive Parliamentarians – to the Prime Minister calling for an independent public inquiry into the collapse of Football Index.