UKGC<\/a> this week called for the industry to do more to tackle the issue. Tellingly, it found that rates of problem gambling were higher among players of controversial fixed-odds betting terminals than they were three years ago.<\/p>\nAccording to the survey, 11.5 percent of the machines users fell into the problem gambling category, as opposed to 7.2 percent three years ago, a significant statistic.<\/p>\n
The machines are currently under a government review, the results of which are due in April, and a reduction of the maximum stakes is expected.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a clear commitment to make gambling fairer and safer and these figures show that this is a significant challenge. Success will depend upon us, the industry, government and others, all working together with a shared purpose to protect consumers,\u201d said Tim Miller, executive director of the UKGC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The revelation in the UK Gambling Commission\u2019s latest Gambling Behaviour in Great Britain survey, published this week, that problem gambling may have risen in the country by 0.2 percent was a predictable cause for alarm in the British media this week. \u201cMore than 2 million people in the UK are either problem gamblers or at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":57403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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