Great Britain “lags behind” Europe on measures to restrict betting adverts, according to a report released days after official data showed a sharp increase in the number of children with a gambling problem.
Restrictions on ads by bookmakers and casinos are increasingly becoming “the norm” across Europe in response to public health concerns, according to a report commissioned by the gambling charity GambleAware.
But advertising was left out of a white paper on gambling regulation published by the previous government in 2023 and Labour has so far been tight-lipped about whether it intends to address the subject, despite public support for tougher measures.
