A report by the Gambling Commission published this week showed an increase from 280,000 problem gamblers in 2012, to 430,000 in 2015. Despite this, the Gambling Commission and the Association of ...

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling criticises the Code for Responsible Gambling and says official figures show it is not reducing FOBT addiction. Research carried out by NatCenon the Association of ...

A gambling addict who lost a month's salary in a few hours on betting machines at the height of his addiction says stricter laws must be brought in. Roger Radler, from High Wycombe, says FOBTs ...

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling believes that not enough is being done to protect vulnerable people from problem gambling. The Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) proudly showed off its new ...

There is no social evil more obvious and easier to stop than the prosaically named fixed-odds betting terminal (FOBT). For whatever psychological reason, the FOBTs have proved themselves an especially ...

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“It’s aw aboot the bright lights and the noises,” says our hapless betting shop manager, Pat, a customer-loathing forty-something who’s busy describing to his cashier near the start of the play how ...