Last week, the independent charity GambleAware published the results of a comprehensive study centred around children and their exposure to both gambling-like content like loot boxes as well as adverts promoting real-money gambling. As the risk of being impacted by pathological gambling is 2.3 times higher when one has been exposed to gambling at a young age, according to previous GambleAware-led research, the results provide valuable insight into what needs to be done to protect UK youth from gambling harm. However, the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) told daily newspaper…
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