Cross-party thinktank calls for monthly £100 affordability limit on UK players
Social Market Foundation report also recommends penalising firms for operating from overseas tax territories
- A new Gambling Licensing Authority (to replace the Gambling Commission) under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Justice;
- A new Gambling Ombudsman under the sponsorship of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy;
- The NHS and UK Research Councils should be funding and commissioning of research education and training on gambling, via a statutory levy, under the sponsorship of the Department of Health and Social Care;
- Oversight of advertising, the lottery, and sporting and cultural events relating to gambling should remain under the sponsorship of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.