The government is committed to following an evidence based approach towards gambling legislation. The Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT) ​has recently carried out ​a significant programme of research into gaming machine usage​, which was published on Monday 1st December​. We now want to consider carefully the depth of findings and are taking advice from key organisations such as the Gambling Commission before thinking about next steps. I look forward to seeing the industry taking full advantage of the information provided by this research to bear down hard on the harm that gambling can cause.