it got out of hand. i had 20 payday loans, i owed every single person i knew money. i had the bailiffs coming round. james has invited us in for this workshop, an insight into what the students think about gambling. they literally put it on shirts and it s influencing the younger generation to think it s normal. james tells me when he was gambling, he was on the minimum wage but treated like a celebrity. i was losing thousands of pounds with a gambling company and they gave me a vip box at a premier league football match. they gave me tickets to the horse racing, there would be £100 free bet in my account every week. i still get emails now, and i haven t gambled in nearly five years, and i still get emails from gambling companies saying, come back in. here s 100 free spins. it s 18 years since the last big change in gambling law. there were no smartphones back then, and many agree the law needs to catch up. reformers are hopeful the industry will now be forced to pay a percentage o
and i still get emails from gambling companies saying, come back in. here s 100 free spins. this is about preventing the harm and preventing the exploitation of people like me who should have been asked questions about my affordability, who shouldn t have been sent free bets. it s 18 years since the last big change in gambling law. there were no smartphones back then, and many agree the law needs to catch up. there ll be an announcement soon and there s been intense lobbying on all sides. reformers are hopeful the industry will now be forced to pay a percentage of what they make, a so called statutory levy to fund education, treatment and research. reformers also want new affordability checks to make sure gamblers can afford to lose what they spend. the levels will probably be decided after a consultation. and the government is looking at tightening controls on advertising and marketing around sport. and when it comes to football sponsorship, it looks like the government isn t planni
and they gave me a vip box at a premier league football match. they gave me tickets to the horse racing, there would be a £100 free bet in my account every week. i still get emails now, and i haven t gambled in nearly five years, and i still get emails from gambling companies saying, come back in. here s 100 free spins. it s 18 years since the last big change in gambling law. there were no smartphones back then, and many agree the law needs to catch up. reformers are hopeful the industry will now be forced to pay a percentage of what they make, a so called statutory levy, to fund education, treatment and research. reformers also want new affordability checks to make sure gamblers can afford to lose what they spend. the levels will probably be decided after a consultation. and the government is looking at tightening controls on advertising and marketing around sport. when it gets to the weekend, he gambles. case management between health workers at the nhs northern gambling clinic in