Martin Paterson

Fixed it

The state of football and other sports needing sponsorship from
Addictive products. Not good for young fans our children

Legalized gambling is exploding globally. What policies can limit its harms? Harvard Kennedy School Professor Malcolm Sparrow and a global public health commission predict that gamblers could lose up to $700 billion annually by 2028, creating a serious global public health con...

Anyone wanting to know more about the key findings from our Lancet Public Health Commission on Gambling should give this a listen:

www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...

@thelancet.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @harvardkennedy.bsky.social

Was a joy to work on this with Ellen and the rest of the team.

Bankrupt premier league sponsor to lose gambling licence, but will still be plastered all over kits.
An excellent report with all of the details.

You know it’s a cool research method when the BBC asks to replicate it.

I used social media ad repositories to find that 93% of ads failed to disclose loot box presence: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl....

@twgerken.bsky.social of BBC News found 90.9% of games failed to comply: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....

License revoked - josimarfootball.com Declared bankrupt by a court in Curaçao, Leicester City FC sponsor BC.GAME is about to lose its licence. Josimar has discovered that the operator is running one the largest illegal betting networks in...

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Declared bankrupt by a court in Curaçao, Leicester sponsor BC.GAME is about to lose its licence. Josimar has discovered that the operator is running one the largest illegal betting networks in Europe.

@philippeauclair.bsky.social @stevemenary.bsky.social

josimarfootball.com/2024/11/28/l...

Slot machine operator being investigated over cancer patient’s activity Staff at Merkur’s Stockport branch reportedly looked away as customer lost £2,000 over two days of play

Adult gaming centres are the slot machine farms popping up on every high street. There's nothing inside but row after row of slot machines.
It's not leisure or entertainment. It's addiction.
They will pay less towards the statutory levy, claiming they 'do less harm and don't get complaints'.

Today's £100m levy on gambling companies is a first step. Here are three reasons from @willprochaska.bsky.social why the Government must go further:

1. Far more people are being impacted than was thought
2. The gambling industry is a deadweight on the economy
3. The public demand change

Ombudsman yes Would also like to see a debate in parliament about getting rid of gambling adverts.

I have been campaigning for this for 5 years and was delighted to see it in the previous government’s gambling White Paper. It will totally transform the research, prevention and treatment of gambling harm. Pleased to see this is now going to be implemented

'We can't grow the gambling industry and reduce harm at the same time. We really need the Labour Government to grip that principle quickly'

@willprochaska.bsky.social speaking to the BBC today about inconsistencies in Labour's approach to gambling policy.

Why Paddy Power turned to ITV to boost its gaming appeal - The Media Leader The broadcaster offered a platform that had broad reach, including a vast female audience that the brand wanted to target.

Given the harm that #gambling can do, I’m not sure any of the brands involved here should be quite so smug about targeting women with a family-audience gameshow #media #tv

Why Paddy Power turned to ITV to boost its gaming appeal

uk.themedialeader.com/why-paddy-po...

Gambling harm is a serious public health epidemic - with a doubling of number of young people directly experiencing harm and 1 in 10 living in a household where gambling harm is having an impact on their lives.

Time for a #publichealth response to gambling
Lancet commission calling for stronger policy and regulatory controls focused on harm #prevention to protect public health
AND
A shift from individual responsibility framing to population approaches to reduce harm
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...