After repeated delays the government’s white paper on gambling was finally published on April 27. The liberalisation of our gambling laws in 2005 has had devastating consequences to millions of individuals and families, as well as our local communities, including hundreds of gambling-related suicides estimated every year.This has been felt most acutely by the revolution in online gambling, which encourages intense engagement with addictive continuous forms such as slots, roulette, in-play football, and virtual sports, accessible 24/7 while ‘on the go’.
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