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Written question asked by Bishop of St Albans (Bishops (affiliation)) on Thursday, 4 July 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 July 2019. It was answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 July 2019 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Betting

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 2 July (HL Deb, col 1346), on what evidence they based their claim that the Bet Regret campaign is showing promising results.

Answer

We published the Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures in May last year. A safer gambling advertising campaign was one of a range of measures to strengthen protections around gambling advertising and more widely, to ensure that the sector is socially responsible and doing all it can to protect consumers.

The campaign was launched in February and the initial message, ‘Bet Regret’, is aimed at reducing risky or impulsive betting on sports, particularly by young men. Campaign activity has been closely monitored and a tracking study conducted at the end of the first burst of TV advertising suggests that the campaign is well-targeted and is effectively reaching the intended audience. The attached summary is published on GambleAware’s website here: https://about.gambleaware.org/media/1966/safer-gambling-campaign-update-june-2019.pdf

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL16962
Session
2017-19
Attachment
Safer Gambling Update
Related items
Problem Gambling
Tuesday, 2 July 2019
Proceeding contributions
House of Lords
Subjects
Betting Advertising
Link
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