When people come to our clinics they’re already on their knees and desperate for help. This gambling white paper will not do enough to stop the flow of patients brought to us because of products deliberately engineered to be highly addictive.

The evidence of harm is there and has been submitted, yet so much is again out for consultation or not covered at all. The government has enough to act now and the delays mean the industry will carry on making huge profits while people are suffering and dying.

Gambling companies will continue to expose children and those harmed to advertising, and the practice of profiling and using marketing to access customers already experiencing harm.