Special Report Apr. 19 2024
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)Found: Setting a limit for online slots at the same level as Category B gaming machines, at between £2 and
Formal Minutes Apr. 17 2024
Committee: Women and Equalities CommitteeFound: & Gaming Council Address of donor: 1st Floor, 90 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1EU Amount of donation
Asked by: Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the joint report by the University of Bristol and Channel 5 New Season, More Self-Regulation, More Marketing, published in September 2023, which found that 92 per cent of social content marketing ads sent by major gambling brands in the opening weekend of the Premier League were not clearly identifiable as advertising.
Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
His Majesty’s Government recognises that, while millions of people gamble online without experiencing problems, for some it becomes an addiction with serious consequences. In our approach to gambling advertising, we have struck a balanced and evidence-led approach which tackles aggressive advertising that is most likely to appeal to children, while recognising that advertising is an entirely legitimate commercial practice for responsible firms.
There are robust rules in place to ensure that gambling advertising is socially responsible and cannot be targeted at or strongly appeal to children. The Government welcomed the voluntary whistle-to-whistle ban on TV betting advertisements during live sports programmes, agreed by industry. According to figures from the Betting and Gaming Council, the ban reduced the number of views of gambling advertisements by children (aged 4–17) by 70 per cent over the duration of live sporting programmes. We also welcomed the Premier League’s announcement that it will ban gambling sponsors from the front of shirts, and are working with a wider group of sports governing bodies to introduce a code of conduct on responsible gambling sponsorship.
Apr. 02 2024
Source Page: UK Betting and Gaming StatisticsFound: UK Betting and Gaming Statistics
Mar. 26 2024
Source Page: Whole of Government Accounts, 2021-22Found: (e.g. health and education) and provides insights into the size and state of these portfolios and how
Mar. 21 2024
Source Page: DCMS: Ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meeting Q3 23/24Found: DCMS: Ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meeting Q3 23/24
Mar. 20 2024
Source Page: Breakdown of recorded crimes and offences in Scotland: FOI releaseFound: Breakdown of recorded crimes and offences in Scotland: FOI release
Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of self-regulation by the sporting industry in reducing the quantity of gambling messaging seen by viewers.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
In our approach to gambling advertising, we have struck a balanced and evidence-led approach which tackles aggressive advertising that is most likely to appeal to children, while recognising that advertising is an entirely legitimate commercial practice for responsible gambling firms.
We have welcomed the industry's whistle-to-whistle ban on TV betting adverts during live sports programmes. According to figures from the Betting and Gaming Council, the ban reduced the quantity of gambling advertisement views by children (age 4-17) by 70% over the full duration of live sporting programmes.
Further, alongside the Premier League’s announcement that it will ban gambling sponsors from the front of shirts by the end of the 2025/26 season, the gambling white paper commitment for a cross-sport Code of Conduct for gambling sponsorship has now been agreed by a number of the country’s major sports governing bodies. This will guarantee that where gambling sponsorship does appear, it is done in a responsible way to ensure fans, especially children, are better protected. This code will include provisions to ensure replica shirts for both children and adults are available without front-of-shirt gambling logos and a proportion of in-stadia advertising is dedicated to safer gambling messaging.
Mar. 19 2024
Source Page: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: June 2023Found: in gaming (historic)TEWMiscellaneous crimes against society75 Betting, gaming and lotteries0754307543
Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) More than three quarters of young people, or 78%, and 86% of adults think that betting has become an - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) It is also great that that applies not only to sporting events but to online gaming advertisements.I - Speech Link