The Gambling Commission may have knowingly misrepresented the results of a major research study to policymakers and the public, according to a report written by consultancy Regulus Partners.
The regulator was accused of misrepresenting the findings of a study into its Gambling Survey for Great Britain (GSGB) in order to justify relaxing guidance on how it should be interpreted, in a report produced by Regulus in January 2026.
Since its release in summer 2024, critics have raised questions about the GSGB, including the possibility it significantly overestimates Britain’s problem gambling rate.
Guidance published alongside the report had previously urged caution around using the statistics to estimate the total population of problem gamblers in the UK.
